Legal Opinion
Sutliff, Inc. v. Donovan Companies, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 9, 1984No. Nos. 83-1308, 83-1499PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal, which raises both procedural and substantive questions, the latter under RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations, Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968) and the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1-11, grows out of a dispute among five oil wholesalers in Appleton, Wisconsin: on the plaintiff side Sutliff, Inc., now bankrupt, and two of its creditors, Ellingsen and Land O’Lakes; on the defendant side the Donovan and Garrow companies. (The three individual parties appear to be incidental.) Since the district…
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