Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.

Justice Marshall,

with whom Justice Brennan, Justice Blackmun, and Justice Powell join, dissenting.*

The Court today recognizes that “in its private civil version, RICO is evolving into something quite different from *501the original conception of its enactors.” Ante, at 500. The Court, however, expressly validates this result, imputing it to the manner in which the statute was drafted. I fundamentally disagree both with the Court’s reading of the statute and with its conclusion. I believe that the statutory language and history disclose a narrower interpretation of the statute that fully…