Legal Opinion
Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 22, 2003No. Docket No. 01-7755PublishedCited by 253 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.
The creative pleading in the instant cases serves as a reminder why the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act’s (“RICO”) treble damages provisions are not available to remedy every possible injury that can, with some ingenuity, be attributed to a defendant’s injurious conduct. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Block, J.) dismissing two companion actions, Lerner v. Fleet Bank, N.A., No. 98 CV 7778 (“Lerner ”), and Bayroff v. Fleet Bank, N.A., No. 98 CV 7779 {“Bayroff”), for lack of…
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