Legal Opinion
Atlantic Gypsum Co., Inc. v. Lloyds Intern. Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 20, 1990No. 89 Civ. 8113 (MBM)PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
MUKASEY, District Judge.
This case is one of at least seven actions arising out of plaintiffs’ inability to repay loans by defendants that financed construction of a gypsum wallboard manufacturing plant. 1 Plaintiffs have asserted various state law claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, common law fraud, tortious interference with contracts, and usury, and have infused this apparently ordinary business dispute with overtones of criminality by invoking the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68 (1984 & Supp.), with…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Jeffrey Hecht v. Commerce Clearing House, Inc., William Miller, Louis Ceccoli, and Stanley StephensCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Sarah B. Shields, Individually and as Representative of All Others Similarly Situated v. Citytrust Bancorp, Inc., George F. Taylor and Irwin EngelmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
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- Kalnit v. EichlerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Kalnit v. EichlerCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2001
- Charles McNair v. Synapse Grp IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2012
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