Legal Opinion

Amari Co. v. Burgess

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided July 11, 2011No. 07 C 1425Published

1Opinion of the Court

*650 MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ELAINE E. BUCKLO, District Judge.

Many moons ago, plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging, inter alia, violations of the RICO statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1962. Now before me — several years, multiple amended complaints, and an incredible amount of motion practice later — is defendants’ motion for summary judgment on the only remaining counts in the complaint, which assert violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) and (d). For the reasons that follow, their motion is granted in part.

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To prevail under § 1962(c), plaintiffs must ultimately prove that defendants, being employed by or…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. McNally v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Harney v. Speedway SuperAmerica, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
  5. Barry Richards, Karen Richards, Roland Pepin v. Combined Insurance Company of America and Credit Life Insurance Company of OhioCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995

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