Legal Opinion
Richard Rylewicz, Thomas Cummings and Barbara Cummings v. Beaton Services, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 1, 1989No. 88-2725PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
This lawsuit stems from a state court trial of fraud and breach of contract claims. Following a $52 million jury verdict in favor of a company with which they were associated, Thomas Cummings and his wife Barbara Cummings filed an amended complaint in federal court, claiming that the losing parties to the suit had conducted a campaign of harassment and intimidation against them in violation of federal racketeering and civil rights statutes. Co-plaintiff Richard Rylewicz alleged that some defendants had violated the federal credit reporting statute. In a Memorandum…
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