Legal Opinion

Schacht v. Brown

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided April 8, 1983No. Nos. 82-2088, 82-2089, 82-2090PublishedCited by 163 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr.,

Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal from the district court’s order denying defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint; it was certified to this court for resolution of controlling questions of law, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). While the district court did not limit its certification to a particular question, it stated that it viewed the “controlling question” to be whether the plaintiff may sue for the type of injury he alleges here under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (hereinafter, RICO). In order to reach…

2Cases cited42 opinions

Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
United States v. TurketteSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
MCI Communications Corporation and MCI Telecommunications Corporation v. American Telephone and Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
Clarence E. Bennett v. Kenneth Berg, Dan R. Sandford, Jr. v. Kenneth BergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
United States v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by163 opinions

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Scholes v. LehmannCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, As Receiver v. O'melveny & MeyersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
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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