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William C. Feinstein v. Resolution Trust Corporation, Etc.

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 13, 1991No. 91-1030, 91-1181PublishedCited by 239 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals test the pleading threshold for civil actions brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968. After studying the threshold’s architecture, we affirm the district court’s dismissal of the plaintiffs’ complaint for failure to state an actionable claim.

I. BACKGROUND

We summarize the facts consistent with our obligation under the jurisprudence of Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) to give the complaint a highly deferential reading, accepting the well-pleaded facts therein as true and drawing all reasonable inferences in the…

2Cases cited42 opinions

  1. Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
  5. H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by239 opinions

  1. Maldonado-Denis v. Castillo-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
  2. Vicom, Inc. v. Harbridge Merchant Services, Inc., as Successor in Interest to Peach Tree Bancard Corporation, Judy Elliot, James ElliotCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
  3. Leslie Ray Cox R.M. Cox Larry Driver Barry Nichols John Bullard Robert W. Kennedy, Jr. Lorenzo G. East Clarence M. Pope, Jr. C.R. Altes Jack E. Merrymon Terry P. West R.S. Arnold M.W. Milstead J.W. Wade Manning A.C. Snider Terry H. Melvin Thomas E. Hill Gary D. Swann Ronald E. Frazier Anthony J. Crapet Robert M. Green Heath L. McMeans III Billy Carter Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie and United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio-Clc and Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel Corporation, Leslie Ray Cox, R.M. Cox, Larry Driver, Barry Nichols, John Bullard, Robert W. Kennedy, Jr., Lorenzo G. East, Clarence M. Pope, C.R. Altes, Jack E. Merrymon, Terry P. West, R.S. Arnold, M.W. Milstead, J.W. Wade, A.C. Snider, Terry H. Melvin, Thomas E. Hill, Gary D. Swann, Ronald E. Frazier, Anthony J. Crapet, Robert M. Green, Heath L. McMeans Iii, Billy Carter, Joe A. Knight, George Boglin, Wardell Clark, Phillip L. Drummond, Don L. Flurry, Dennis R. Fulton, Dennis E. Jones, W.T. Mayberry, James R. Miller, Willie J. Nation, Oscar Lee Perry, Robert Poole, Brack Wells, Willie Young, Harry S. Turner v. Administrator United States Steel & Carnegie, United States Steel & Carnegie Pension Fund, Usx Corporation, A/K/A United States Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  4. Wilfredo Martinez, A/K/A Wilfredo Martinez Rodriguez v. Rafael Colon, A/K/A Rafael Colon PizarroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
  5. Ahmed v. RosenblattCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997

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