MIRANDA v. PONCE FEDERAL BANK

No. 90-2214.

948 F.2d 41 (1991)

Clarissa MIRANDA a/k/a Clarissa Miranda Rodriguez, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PONCE FEDERAL BANK, etc., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio Bauza Torres, Guaynabo, P.R., for plaintiffs, appellants.

Danilo M. Eboli, with whom Francisco A. Besosa and Goldman Antonetti Ferraiuoli & Axtmayer, Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for defendants, appellees.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN and TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal seeks to reconfigure the dimensions of the pleading framework for civil actions brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (1988). Finding the district court's order of dismissal to be consonant with applicable law, we reject the plaintiffs' suggested architecture and affirm the judgment below.

I. BACKGROUND

Because this appeal arises from a dismissal...

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