Legal Opinion
United States v. Cyrus Yonan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 2, 1986No. 86-1005PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States brought pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from the district court’s dismissal on December 2, 1985 of two counts of a multi-count indictment that charged attorney Cyrus Yo-nan with various offenses under the RICO and mail fraud statutes, 18 U.S.C. § 1962 et seq. and 18 U.S.C. § 1341. The district court held that the two RICO counts failed to state a claim under the statute because (1) Yonan’s sole proprietorship could not constitute the “enterprise” with which Yonan was “associated” for purposes of § 1962(c); and (2) Yonan could not be…
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