Civil RICO (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781793130709)

THIS CASEBOOK contains a selection of U. S. Court of Appeals decisions that analyze and discuss issues surrounding claims brought under 18 U.S. Code 1964 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. * * * RICO "creates a private civil cause of action that allows ' a]ny person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962 to sue in federal district court...." A successful plaintiff may "recover threefold the damages...."RICO is implicated when defendants have engaged in a "pattern of racketeering activity." That pattern consists of certain statutorily defined predicate acts "encompass ing] dozens of state and federal offenses" "that together demonstrate the existence or threat of continued criminal activity." The statute "sets forth four specific prohibitions aimed at different ways in which a pattern of racketeering activity may be used to infiltrate, control, or operate a n] enterprise 's]" criminal misconduct. Plaintiffs allege that Defendants violated two of those prohibitions - 1962(c) and (d). Section 1962(c) proscribes participating in the conduct of an interstate enterprise's affairs through a "pattern of racketeering activity," which RICO defines as "at least two acts of racketeering activity." Section 1962(d) makes it unlawful to conspire to violate subsections (a) through (c).

Author: Landmark Publications
ISBN-10: 1793130701
ISBN-13: 9781793130709
Publisher: Independently Published
Language: English
Published: 01/05/2019
Pages: 540
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.57lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.09d