Amari Co. v. Burgess

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

JOHN J. THARP, JR., District Judge.

The plaintiffs, sixteen businesses in various industries, allege that the three individual defendants used various corporate entities they controlled (which the Court collectively refers to as “IPA” unless otherwise required) in a pattern of racketeering activity that swindled the plaintiffs into purchasing expensive but unnecessary or worthless business management and tax consulting services. See 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c). The defendants have moved for summary judgment on the basis that res judicata bars the claims of eight plaintiffs.…