ANNULLI v. PANIKKAR

No. 98-7449.

200 F.3d 189 (1999)

Dominick ANNULLI and Janet Annulli, his wife, individually and trading and doing business as Annulli Nurseries, Appellants v. Ananda K. PANIKKAR and Linga D. Panikkar, his wife, William C. Wright and Joanne Wright, his wife; Evergreen Express, Inc.; Lawrence D. Wright and Lisa Wright

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin E. Kepner, Jr., (Argued), Alice T.K. Corba, Kepner, Kepner & Corba, Berwick, PA, Counsel for Appellants.

John J. Soroko, (Argued), Teresa N. Cavenagh, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Joseph P. Lenahan, Lenahan & Dempsey, Scranton, PA, Lisa Wilson, Mount Lebanon, PA, Counsel for Appellees.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, GREENBERG, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

BECKER, Chief Judge.

The principal question presented by this appeal is whether torts, breaches of contract, and state law crimes—which are not enumerated in the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1)—can be predicate acts of racketeering upon which a plaintiff can base a civil RICO claim under 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c). We would have thought the answer to this question...

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