BCS SERVICES, INC. v. HEARTWOOD 88, LLC

Nos. 10-3062, 10-3068.

637 F.3d 750 (2011)

BCS SERVICES, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HEARTWOOD 88, LLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 24, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. DeBruin (argued), Attorney, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, Jonathan S. Quinn , Attorney, Reed Smith LLP, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert N. Hochman (argued), Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Theodore M. Becker , Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Martin F. Hauselman , Attorney, Hauselman, Rappin & Olswang, Athanasios Papadopoulos, Attorney, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Arthur W. Friedman , Attorney, Miller, Shakman & Beem, Scott C. Nelson , Attorney, Ruff, Weidenaar & Reidy, Donald B. Levine , Attorney, Latimer Levay Jurasek , William T. Huyck , Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 10-3062.

Donald B. Levine , Attorney, Latimer Levay Jurasek , Stephen Richek , Attorney, Chicago, IL, Elisha S. Rosenblum , Attorney, O'Halloran, Kosoff, Geitner & Cook, Northbrook, IL, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 10-3068.

Before BAUER, POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated appeals are from judgments in two suits seeking damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq., for mail fraud. (The suits are materially identical so we'll pretend that they're one case and that the two appeals are also one.) The district court dismissed the case more than five years ago on the ground that the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue because...

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