Legal Opinion
Magnum v. Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 6, 2007No. 06-5117UnpublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HARDIMAN, Circuit Judge.
In this civil RICO action, fourteen individuals sued the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and three of its Cardinals (collectively, the Archdiocese). The District Court dismissed the complaint, finding that Plaintiffs lacked RICO standing and failed to state a claim for civil conspiracy. We will affirm.
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Appellants claimed childhood sexual abuse by certain Diocesan priests from 1956 to 1985. The gravamen of them complaint is that the Archdiocese engaged in a pattern of concealing child abuse by clergy in violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt…
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