BANK OF AMERICA NAT. TRUST & SAV. ASS'N v. TOUCHE ROSS & CO.

No. 85-8343.

782 F.2d 966 (1986)

BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST & SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TOUCHE ROSS & COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 20, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Patrick, Karen Wildau, Jesse H. Austin, III, Samuel J. Zusmann, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jeffrey M. Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for Touche Ross & Co.

Timothy R. Askew, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for other defendants-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, and ATKINS, Senior District Judge.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff banks filed suit against Touche Ross and a number of the firm's partners and employees seeking to recover treble damages for alleged violations of the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961, et seq. The district court, 603 F.Supp. 351, dismissed the complaint for failure to state a claim. F.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). We reverse.

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