Petro-Tech, Inc. v. Western Co. of North America

OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from the dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaint in a civil RICO case for failure to state a claim, Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), raises important questions concerning the role of aiding and abetting and vicarious liability under the civil RICO statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq. Defendants seek to justify the complaint’s dismissal on several grounds.

We begin by addressing defendants’ request that we define a RICO pattern, and that we hold that requirement unmet in this case. - Because the complaint alleges so many related RICO predicate acts, however,…