GRIMMETT v. BROWN

Nos. 94-16137, 94-16214.

75 F.3d 506 (1996)

Tom GRIMMETT, As Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Vincent Siragusa, Plaintiff, and Joanne Siragusa, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia L. BROWN; Patricia L. Brown, Ltd., a Nevada Corporation; Beckley, Singleton, Delanoy, Jemison & List, Chartered, a Nevada Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Tom GRIMMETT, As Trustee for the Bankruptcy Estate of Vincent Siragusa, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Patricia L. BROWN; Patricia L. Brown, Ltd., a Nevada Corporation; Beckley, Singleton, Delanoy, Jemison & List, Chartered, a Nevada Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided January 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Smith, English & Smith, Alexandria, Virginia, and Randall M. Rumph, Shinehouse & Duesing, Las Vegas, Nevada, for plaintiff-appellant Siragusa.

Erven T. Nelson, Alverson, Taylor, Mortensen & Nelson, Las Vegas, Nevada, for plaintiff-appellant Grimmett.

Don F. Shreve, Jr., and Peter Angulo, Rawlings, Olson & Cannon, Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendants-appellees Brown.

George W. Foley, Jr., Pearson and Patton, Las Vegas, Nevada, for defendant-appellee Beckley, Singleton, Delanoy, Jemison & List, Chartered.

Before: BROWNING, CANBY, and HALL, Circuit Judges.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:

Joanne Siragusa and Tom Grimmett, the bankruptcy trustee of Joanne's ex-husband Vincent's estate, appeal the district court's dismissal of their civil RICO suit. In their November 1994 suit, Joanne and Grimmett alleged that defendant Patricia Brown masterminded the reorganization of Vincent's medical practices so as to cheat Joanne out of her post-divorce community property interest in those practices. The district court found...

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