Legal Opinion
Vicon Fiber Optics Corp. v. Scrivo
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided April 15, 2002No. 01 CIV. 11862(CM)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT
MCMAHON, District Judge.
Once again pending before this Court is a case in which an angry plaintiff tries to transform garden variety claims of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty into a RICO action. Two of the three defendants on the RICO claims, Messers. Leonard and Michael Scrivo, have moved to dismiss that claim — the sole source of Federal jurisdiction' — and I grant their meritorious motion. Because the RICO claims are no more viable against the non-moving defendant Len Wasser, I dismiss them against him sua sponte. I.decline to take…
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