Legal Opinion
Sk Hand Tool Corporation and Corcoran Partners, Ltd. v. Dresser Industries, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 18, 1988No. 87-2294, 87-3067PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, Corcoran Partners and its subsidiary, SK Hand Tool Corporation (“Cor-coran”), appeal the dismissal of Count IV of their third amended complaint. Count IV alleges that Dresser Industries (“Dresser”) violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, in committing various acts of mail and wire fraud in furtherance of a scheme to overstate the value of its hand tool division. 1 The district court dismissed this count pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim because Corcoran had failed to allege…
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