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DEVOE NAPCO PROTECTIVE COATINGS v. SURFACE PREP. & COAT. ENT. INC.

No. CA 89 0475.

558 So.2d 1217 (1990)

DEVOE NAPCO PROTECTIVE COATINGS, DIVISION OF GROW GROUP, INC., NEW YORK v. SURFACE PREPARATION AND COATING ENTERPRISES INCORPORATED a/k/a Space, Inc., and Luis J. Gonzalez.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

February 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy Thomas, Claude Reynaud, Jr., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Devoe Napco Protective Coatings, Div. of Grow Group, Inc., New York.

Richard Brazan, Jr., Baton Rouge, and Louis R. Koerner, Jr., New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Surface Preparation and Coating Enterprises, Inc. a/k/a Space, Inc.

Before LOTTINGER, CRAIN and LeBLANC, JJ.

LeBLANC, Judge.

This case involves several claims for damages based on a variety of state law theories and a claim for damages pursuant to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. The issue presented for review is whether civil RICO jurisdiction is exclusively federal or concurrent with the states. We hold that state courts do have concurrent jurisdiction over civil RICO claims.

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