Legal Opinion

Richard Hoffman Corp. v. Loews Merrillville Cinemas, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Illinois

Decided March 19, 1991No. 91 C 1476PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SHADUR, District Judge.

Richard Hoffman Corporation, Inc. (“Hoffman”) has brought suit against Loews Merrillville Cinemas, Inc. (“Loews Cinemas”), Loews Theatre Management Corp. (“Loews Management”), Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. (“Columbia”) and Sony U.S.A., Inc. (“Sony”). Hoffman's Complaint purports to ground federal jurisdiction (a) on diversity-of-citizenship grounds, (b) under RICO (18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-19651) and (c) via pendent jurisdiction as well.2 Based on its initial review of *1259the Complaint,3 this Court sua sponte dismisses the Complaint for lack of…

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