PEARLSTINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. FREIXENET USA

Civ. A. No. 2:86-2561-1.

678 F.Supp. 133 (1988)

PEARLSTINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., Plaintiff, v. FREIXENET USA, INC., Freixenet S.A. and House of Wines of S.C., Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

January 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Burke, Moore & Van Allen Nexsen Pruet, Columbia, S.C., for plaintiff.

Manton Grier, Sinkler & Boyd, Columbia, S.C., and Windels, Marx, Davies & Ives, New York City, for Freixenet defendants.

Andrew K. Epting, Jr., Wise & Cole, Charleston, S.C., for House of Wines of S.C.


ORDER

HAWKINS, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on motion of plaintiff Pearlstine Distributors, Inc. (herein "Pearlstine") to dismiss the second counterclaim of defendant House of Wines of S.C., Inc. (herein "House of Wines"). In its second counterclaim, House of Wines alleges a violation of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (herein "RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (1984 and Supp.1987).

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