Legal Opinion
Gervase v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 26, 1995No. C017925PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SPARKS, Acting P. J.
The petitioners are plaintiffs in an action pending in the superior court based generally upon alleged fraud in the sale of securities.1 After several attempts at pleading the trial court sustained, without leave to amend, the defendants’ demurrer to plaintiffs’ federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) cause of action. (18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq.) We issued an alternative writ of mandate in order to determine whether plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged a RICO cause of action in their third amended complaint. We conclude that they have and…
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