TICOR TITLE INS. CO. v. FLORIDA

No. 90-15068.

937 F.2d 447 (1991)

TICOR TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvin FLORIDA, Jr.; Homer H. Shepard, Defendants-Appellants, and Jeffrey Anthony; Deborah V. Blue, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig R. Lewis, Law Offices of Curtis G. Oler, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Arnold S. Rosenberg, Bancroft, Avery & McAlister, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, GOODWIN and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


WALLACE, Chief Judge:

Ticor Title Insurance Company (Ticor) brought suit for damages resulting from its reliance on a fraudulent federal tax lien release that had been forged by Shepard and Florida. The district court, following a bench trial, entered a judgment in favor of Ticor after concluding that Shepard and Florida had violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, and had engaged in fraud. The district...

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