Susan LATERZA, Dorian McFadden, James Gainey, Sally Bonin, and Mark Studis, Plaintiffs,
v.
AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC., The Atlantic Monthly, Inc., CBS, Inc., Hearst Publications, Johnson Publishing Co., Inc., McCall Publishing Co., Inc., Esquire Associates, Triangle Publications, Inc., The Times Mirror Company, Ziff Davis, Publishing Co., Circulation Builders of America Co., Inc., National Circulating Co., Inc., North American Book Sales, Inc., Solar Circulation, Inc., Sylvester Brown, Joseph Edge, Joy Edge, Walter Lake, John Does Nos. 1 through 100, Defendants.
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February 21, 1984.
February 21, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Koenig, Ratner & Mott, P.C. by Mark G. Stern, New York City, for defendant Esquire Associates.
Robert J. Hawley, New York City, for defendant The Hearst Corp.
Ottenbourg, Steindler, Houston & Rosen, P.C. by Meryl E. Wiener, New York City, for defendant The McCall Pub. Co., Inc.
Katharine P. Darrow by Kenneth A. Richieri, New York City, for defendant The New York Times Co.
Farber & Cohen by Frank R. Cohen, New York City, for defendant Peterson Pub. Co., Inc.
Alison Anthoine, New York City, for defendant Ziff-Davis Pub. Co.
Seward & Kissel by Anthony R. Mansfield, Edward G. Imperatore, Nancy R. Greenberg, David S. Heller, New York City, for defendants National Circulating Co., Inc. and Sylvester M. Brown.
Traub, Bonacquist & Yellen, Dwight Yellen, Harold F. Bonacquist and Paul Traub, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges by Mark A. Jacoby, Maranda E. Fritz, New York City, for defendants The Times Mirror Co., Johnson Pub. Co., and Triangle Publications, Inc.
Leonard I. Horowitz, James Imbriaco, New York City, of counsel, for The Times Mirror Co.
June A. Rhinehart, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for Johnson Pub. Co., Inc.
Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf by Stuart H. Savett, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel, for Triangle Publications, Inc.
Frank J. Connors, New York City, for defendant American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
Douglas P. Jacobs, McLaughlin, Simone & Lawlor, New York City, for defendant Columbia Broadcasting Systems, Inc.
Epstein, Becker, Borsody & Green, P.C. by Stephen R. Mills, New York City, for defendants Circulation Builders of America and Joe Edge.
United States District Court, S.D. New York.
MEMORANDUM DECISION
WERKER, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek relief against defendants under a somewhat novel application of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1961, et seq. They seek to recover damages for injuries allegedly sustained as a result of a systematic nationwide pattern of racketeering involving the cash field subscription aspect of the magazine publishing industry. Plaintiffs are five individuals...
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