Legal Opinion
Sandra S. Grogan v. Brenda F. Platt, Jane Doe, as Personal Representative of the Estate of William Russell Matix, Deceased
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 15, 1988No. 87-5299PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:
We consider in this case another of the myriad issues of statutory interpretation presented by the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S. C. §§ 1961-1968: Does RICO’s private civil action provision, 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c), 1 permit recovery for the economic aspects of personal injuries inflicted by predicate acts involving murder? 2
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In early 1986, the FBI began an investigation of a series of robberies, extortions, and attempted murders committed in Dade County, Florida. The FBI learned that this criminal activity was tied to a plan to steal…
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