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NODINE v. TEXTRON, INC.

No. 86-1461.

819 F.2d 347 (1987)

William R. NODINE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. TEXTRON, INC., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Silvia, Jr., with whom Long & Silvia, Fall River, Mass., was on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

William R. Grimm, with whom Hinckley, Allen, Tobin & Silverstein, Providence, R.I., was on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and PIERAS, District Judge.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns a standing requirement of the civil damages provision of the RICO Act, namely that the plaintiff be harmed "by reason of" a criminal RICO violation. 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c).1 We hold that, on the facts of this case, an employee discharged for reporting a criminal violation of his employer lacked standing to sue that employer under the RICO Act. The discharge was not "by reason of" the RICO...

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