Legal Opinion
Cannarozzi v. Fiumara
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 2, 2004No. 03-1391PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to interpret a provision of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO” or the “Act”), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(b), which incorporates state law, here the Massachusetts criminal usury statute. Samuel Cannaroz-zi sued Peter Fiumara alleging the latter collected from him several “unlawful debts” in violation of RICO. Because the loans did not offend the Massachusetts criminal usury statute, the district court correctly concluded the debts were not “unlawful” within the meaning of RICO and properly granted Fiumara’s motion for summary…
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