CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK v. RYTMAN

(SC 15563)

241 Conn. 24 (1997)

CONNECTICUT NATIONAL BANK v. JULIUS RYTMAN ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Officially released May 20, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald R. Beebe, with whom were Janis M. Small and Susan B. Carr, for the appellants (defendants and intervening defendants).

Joseph J. Cassidy, with whom were Edward W. Gasser and, on the brief, Austin J. McGuigan, Mark E. Block and John M. Wolfson, for the appellees (plaintiff and third party defendants).

Callahan, C. J., and Borden, Palmer, McDonald and Peters, JS.


Opinion

PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this appeal is the preclusive effect on state litigation of the removal and subsequent federal court dismissal of a private claim under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. In 1987, the plaintiff, the Connecticut National Bank, brought this action against the defendants, Julius and Dora Rytman (Rytmans),

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