Legal Opinion
Carolyn M. Schiffels v. Kemper Financial Services, Incorporated, a Corporation, Thomas H. Richards, Charles M. Kierscht
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 27, 1992No. 91-2706PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Carolyn Schiffels, a former employee of Kemper Financial- Services, sued Kemper and several Kemper officials alleging that the officials conspired to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) by agreeing to conduct the affairs of an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity. See 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c)-(d). This appeal requires us to determine whether a plaintiff who alleges she has been injured by a conspiracy to violate RICO, but not by the predicate acts of racketeering underlying the RICO violation, has standing to sue under RICO.…
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