PEOPLE OF STATE OF N.Y. BY ABRAMS v. SENECI

No. 954, Docket 87-7042.

817 F.2d 1015 (1987)

PEOPLE OF the STATE OF NEW YORK, by Robert ABRAMS, Attorney General of the State of New York, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Eugene SENECI, Harold Wexler, Arnold Filner, Steve Donahue, Herb Donovan a/k/a Donovan H. Cunningham, Carl Hornung, Vincent Slevin, Joann Russell a/k/a Joann Incao, Georgette Reiser, Bernard Reiser, Barbara Seneci, Sheila Wexler, Scott Draper a/k/a Clinton S. Draper, Jr., Philip Wexler, Hollywood Video Cassette Routes, Inc., Video Hut Rentals, Inc., Day Video Cassette Factory, Inc., Minnie Ha-Ha Popkorn, Lite, Inc., Diamond Jim's Popcorn, etc., Inc., Poor Boy's Free Game, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided May 5, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane M. Azia, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of N.Y., New York City, (Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., O. Peter Sherwood, Sol. Gen., Lawrence S. Kahn, Deputy Sol. Gen., Albany, N.Y., Peter Bienstock, Mary Hilgeman, Asst. Attys. Gen., New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Christine E. Yaris (Gerald L. Shargel, Gino Josh Singer, New York City, of counsel, Alan Futerfas, Law School intern, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN, PIERCE and PRATT, Circuit Judges.


IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

The State of New York, suing, as parens patriae, appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Duffy, J.) granting appellees' motion to dismiss its action for damages and injunctive relief pursuant to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, and the New York Executive Law, § 63(12). We hold the appeal as to the claim...

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