Legal Opinion
131 Main Street Associates v. Manko
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 14, 2002No. 93 Civ. 800(LBS)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SAND, District Judge.
In this long-lived action, Plaintiffs allege civil violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. While the charged financial chicanery is technical and complex, in essence, Plaintiffs allege that the Defendant Joh Edelman (“Defendant”) fraudulently induced Plaintiffs to invest in limited partnership tax shelter investments that Defendant looted by passing off false tax losses and by awarding himself and his co-conspirators commissions and fees for bogus securities trades. 1 See Plaintiffs’…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Hobson v. WilsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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