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LIVING DESIGNS, INC. v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

Nos. 02-16947, 02-16948, 02-16951, 04-16354.

431 F.3d 353 (2005)

LIVING DESIGNS, INC. and Plant Exchange, Inc., Hawai'i corporations, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Anthurium Acres, a Hawai'i general partnership, successor in interest to Island Tropicals; Mueller Horticultural Partners, a Hawai'i limited partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. McConnell, Inc., a California corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Living Designs, Inc. and Plant Exchange, Inc., Hawai'i corporations; David Matsuura, individually and dba Orchid Isle Nursery; Stephen Matsuura, individually and dba Hawaiian Dendrobium Farm; Fuku-Bonsai, Inc.; David W. Fukumoto; Living Designs, Inc. and Plant Exchange, Inc.; McConnell, Inc., a California corporation; Anthurium Acres, a Hawai'i general partnership, successor in interest to Island Tropicals; Mueller Horticultural Partners, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 5, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen T. Cox, Cox & Moyer, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

C. Stephens Clay and James F. Bogan III, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, for defendant-appellee.

Before THOMAS, SILVERMAN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

THOMAS, Circuit Judge.

In these consolidated cases, Plaintiffs Living Designs, McConnell, Inc., Anthurium Acres, Matsuura, and Fuku-Bonsai allege that Defendant E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont") fraudulently induced the settlement of their prior products liability litigation. We reverse the district court's grant of judgment on the pleadings in favor of DuPont on Plaintiffs' claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations...

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