Majchrowski v. Norwest Mortgage, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

CASTILLO, District Judge.

In recent years, the line between civil RICO, a formidable weapon authorizing treble damages and attorneys’ fees, and conventional breach of contract actions has faded considerably. Put succinctly by Justice Powell, “[ojnly a small fraction of the scores of civil RICO eases now being brought implicate organized crime in any way. Typically, these suits are being brought — in the unfettered discretion of private litigants — in federal court against legitimate businesses seeking treble damages in ordinary fraud and contract eases.” Sedima,…