Legal Opinion
Brandt v. Schal Associates, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 2, 1990No. 85 C 357PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW
SHADUR, District Judge.
This massive contract-based dispute between a construction management firm and a contractor found its way into federal court solely because of the contractor’s allegations that the management firm and others had violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (“RICO”). After plaintiff then voluntarily dismissed those RICO claims, Schal Associates, Inc., Richard Halpern and Evans Spileos (collectively “Schal Defendants”) tendered the seemingly inevitable motion for sanctions under Fed.R.Civ.P.…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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