Legal Opinion
Verna Emery, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. American General Finance, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 31, 1996No. 95-1037PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a suit for damages under the RICO statute. 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq. The plaintiff, Verna Emery, charges the defendant, American General Finance, a maker of small loans, with engaging in the practice of “loan flipping,” a practice that the plaintiff claims is “racketeering activity” within the meaning of RICO. § 1962(c). To be such, it must involve one or more of the crimes listed in section 1961(1), among which (see § 1961(1)(B)), and the only one alleged by the complaint, is mail fraud, prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The district judge dismissed the complaint…
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