RICO Reform Act of 1989: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Crime of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on H.R. 1046 ... May 4, June 15, and July 20, 1989, Volum 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990 - 1264 sider |
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Side 22
... filed against mobs or mobsters and other professional crimi- nals to strip them of their ill - gotten gains . Instead , civil RICO cases have been filed against legitimate businesses , churches , the FBI , Government officials , and the ...
... filed against mobs or mobsters and other professional crimi- nals to strip them of their ill - gotten gains . Instead , civil RICO cases have been filed against legitimate businesses , churches , the FBI , Government officials , and the ...
Side 63
... filed every year . If one genuinely believed that RICO defines a serious form of criminal conduct , it would be difficult to quarrel with the sweep of the civil remedy Why shouldn't victing of criminal acts let alone 34 63.
... filed every year . If one genuinely believed that RICO defines a serious form of criminal conduct , it would be difficult to quarrel with the sweep of the civil remedy Why shouldn't victing of criminal acts let alone 34 63.
Side 72
... filed , reducing the recovery in those few cases is a small injustice , that would have the beneficial effect of reducing the incentives to those with dubious claims to chase after the potential payoff . But this approach is essentially ...
... filed , reducing the recovery in those few cases is a small injustice , that would have the beneficial effect of reducing the incentives to those with dubious claims to chase after the potential payoff . But this approach is essentially ...
Side 78
... filed annually , which is something less than 1 percent of the total civil caseload across the country . Yet , as you have indicated , Federal judges have a far different story to tell . The anecdotal evi- dence that I have from talking ...
... filed annually , which is something less than 1 percent of the total civil caseload across the country . Yet , as you have indicated , Federal judges have a far different story to tell . The anecdotal evi- dence that I have from talking ...
Side 84
... filings have some RICO implication , and then my friend from Virginia showed this form which I had never seen before . I am sure staff is doing its best to try to figure out just exactly what the caseload is . In a caseload of 200,000 ...
... filings have some RICO implication , and then my friend from Virginia showed this form which I had never seen before . I am sure staff is doing its best to try to figure out just exactly what the caseload is . In a caseload of 200,000 ...
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Side 907 - And the result of this examination is: we see a complicated network of similarities overlapping and criss-crossing: sometimes overall similarities, sometimes similarities of detail.
Side 904 - But apart from the common law as to restraint of trade thus taken up by the statute the law is full of instances where a man's fate depends on his estimating rightly, that is, as the jury subsequently estimates it, some matter of degree. If his judgment is wrong, not only may he incur a fine or a short imprisonment, as here; he may incur the penalty of death.
Side 316 - What the concept does represent is a system in which there is sensitivity to the legitimate interests of both State and National Governments, and in which the National Government, anxious though it may be to vindicate and protect federal rights and federal interests, always endeavors to do so in ways that will not unduly interfere with the legitimate activities of the States.
Side 340 - Any person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962 of this chapter may sue therefor in any appropriate United States district court and shall recover threefold Ch. 12 GROUP LIABILITY 703 the damages he sustains and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Side 325 - Rice v. Santa Fe Elevator Corp., 331 US 218, 230, 67 S.Ct. 1146, 1152,91 L.Ed. 1447: "Congress legislated here in a field which the States have traditionally occupied. ... So we start with the assumption that the historic police powers of the States were not to be superseded by the Federal Act unless that was the clear and manifest purpose of Congress.
Side 236 - ... no one has a vested right in any given mode of procedure...
Side 1005 - ... pattern of racketeering activity' requires at least two acts of racketeering activity, one of which occurred after the effective date of this chapter and the last of which occurred within ten years (excluding any period of imprisonment) after the commission of a prior act of racketeering activity...
Side 1214 - States for the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages sustained, and the cost of the suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Side 345 - We first consider the breach of contract claim, bearing in mind that "a complaint should not be dismissed for failure to state a claim unless it appears beyond doubt that the plaintiff can prove no set of facts in support of his claim which would entitle him to relief.
Side 5 - ... section 1951 (relating to interference with commerce, robbery, or extortion), section 1952 (relating to racketeering), section 1953 (relating to interstate transportation of wagering paraphernalia), section 1954 (relating to unlawful...