Legal Opinion
Brittingham v. Mobil Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 23, 1991No. Nos. 90-1989, 91-1019, 91-1025, 91-1034, 91-1035 and 91-1041PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
The district court granted summary judgment to defendants on the ground that plaintiffs failed to assert valid claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1961-1968 (1988). We will affirm.
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In 1989, Mobil Chemical Company (“Mobil Chemical”) began producing and marketing Hefty “degradable” garbage bags. Mobil Chemical is an unincorporated division of defendant Mobil Oil Corporation (“Mobil Oil”), which in turn is a wholly-owned subsidiary of defendant Mobil Corporation (“Mobil”). The degradable bags were…
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