Legal Opinion
Grimmett v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1996No. Nos. 94-16137, 94-16214PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:
Joanne Siragusa and Tom Grimmett, the bankruptcy trustee of Joanne’s ex-husband Vincent’s estate, appeal the district court’s dismissal of their civil RICO suit. In their November 1994 suit, Joanne and Grimmett alleged that defendant Patricia Brown masterminded the reorganization of Vincent’s medical practices so as to cheat Joanne out of her post-divorce community property interest in those practices. The district court found their suit barred by RICO’s four-year statute of limitations. On appeal, Joanne and Grimmett argue: (1) that the district court…
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