Legal Opinion
Jepson, Inc. And Ko Shin Electric and MacHinery Company, Ltd. v. Makita Corporation (F/k/a Makita Electric Works, Ltd.)
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 13, 1994No. 93-1606PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Ko Shin Electric.and Machinery Co. (“Ko Shin”) and Jepson, Inc. (“Jepson”) sued Mak-ita Corporation, Makita USA, Inc., and Maki-ta Corporation of America for alleged violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. (“RICO”). 1 The district court dismissed the plaintiffs’ amended complaint, concluding that it failed to state a RICO claim. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We assume the following facts, which we have culled from the amended complaint, to be true. Hammes v. AAMCO Transmis sions, Inc., 33 F.3d 774, 777-778…
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