Legal Opinion
Jim Fitzgerald and Ellen J. Rindal, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Chrysler Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 13, 1997No. 96-3447PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
This is a consumer class action for warranty fraud, brought under the RICO (“Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations”) statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq., against the Chrysler Corporation. The district judge dismissed the suit for failure to state a claim under RICO, and we therefore take the facts alleged in the complaint as true, of course without vouching for their truth. According to these allegations, Chrysler sold to the consumers of its motor vehicles extended warranties promising all sorts of warranty protection that Chrysler had secretly determined not to…
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