PRIDE v. VENANGO RIVER CORP.

No. 89-2070.

916 F.2d 1250 (1990)

David L. PRIDE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VENANGO RIVER CORPORATION, Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, IC Industries, Incorporated, also known as Whitman Corporation, Harry Bruce, Henry Borgsmiller, and Richard Bessette, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1990.

As Amended November 5, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amiel Cueto, Cueto, Daley, Williams, Moore & Cueto, Belleville, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gregory S. Davis, Robert H. Joyce, Ronald L. Lipinski, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, Ill., for Venango River Corp.

William J. Billeaud, William A. Brasher, St. Louis, Mo., Francis D. Morrissey, Thomas A. Doyle, William Lynch Schaller, John M. McGarry, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs' first amended complaint alleged that the defendants violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961 et seq., when they engaged in a scheme to defraud the plaintiffs of their seniority rights and other employment benefits. The district court granted the defendants' motions to dismiss on the ground that section 153 First (i) of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S...

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