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BRITTINGHAM v. MOBIL CORP.

Nos. 90-1989, 91-1019, 91-1025, 91-1034, 91-1035 and 91-1041.

943 F.2d 297 (1991)

R.R. BRITTINGHAM, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. MOBIL CORPORATION and Mobil Oil Corporation d/b/a Mobil Chemical Company, Inc. R.R. Brittingham, Appellant in 90-1989. Matthew D. ROAZEN, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. MOBIL CORPORATION, Mobil Oil Corporation d/b/a Mobil Chemical Company Matthew D. Roazen, Appellant in 91-1019. Jack DORF, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. MOBIL CORPORATION, Mobil Oil Corporation d/b/a Mobil Chemical Company Jack Dorf, Appellant in 91-1025. Beth DUNNINGTON, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. MOBIL CORPORATION Beth Dunnington, Appellant in 91-1034. S.A. PONCET-PITKOW, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. MOBIL CORPORATION S.A. Poncet-Pitkow, Appellant in 91-1035. Leo GEIGER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. MOBIL CORPORATION, Mobil Oil Corporation d/b/a Mobil Chemical Company, Inc. Leo Geiger, Appellant in 91-1041.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1991.

As Amended August 30, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 20, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Oliver Burt, III (argued), Greenfield & Chimicles, Haverford, Pa., for appellant, R.R. Brittingham.

Roberta D. Liebenberg, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Matthew D. Roazen.

Deborah R. Gross, Gross, Sklar & Metzger, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Jack Dorf.

Phyllis C. Kaufman, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, Beth Dunnington.

Dianne M. Nast, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, S.A. Poncet-Pitkow.

William E. Haggerty, Morgan, Hallgren, Crosswell & Kane, Lancaster, Pa., for appellant, Leo Geiger.

John B. Williams (argued), Karen M. Lockwood, Judith L. Oldham, Collier, Shannon and Scott, Washington, D.C., Charles J. Bloom, Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, Mobil Corp., Mobil Oil Corp. d/b/a Mobil Chemical Co.

Before STAPLETON, SCIRICA and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied September 20, 1991.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

The district court granted summary judgment to defendants on the ground that plaintiffs failed to assert valid claims under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1961-1968 (1988). We will affirm.

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In 1989, Mobil Chemical Company ("Mobil Chemical") began producing and marketing Hefty...

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