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BECK v. PRUPIS

Nos. 95-4844, 95-5586.

162 F.3d 1090 (1998)

Robert A. BECK, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ronald M. PRUPIS, Leonard Bellezza, Ernest J. Sabato, William Paulus, Jr., Harry Olstein, Frederick C. Mezey, Byron L. Sparber, Joseph S. Littenberg, Defendants-Appellees. Robert A. BECK, II, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald M. PRUPIS, Leonard Bellezza, Ernest J. Sabato, William Paulus, Jr., Harry Olstein, Frederick C. Mezey, Byron L. Sparber, Joseph S. Littenberg, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 15, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Starkman, Delgado, Befeler, Starkman & Magolnick, P.A., Miami, FL, Elizabeth J. DuFresne, Steel Hector & Davis, Miami, FL, for Appellant in No. 95-4844.

Bernard S. Mandler Gunster, Miami, FL, Michael M. Rosenbaum, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, NJ, Kenneth R. Hartmann, Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Miami, FL, for Appellees in No. 95-4844.

Michael M. Rosenbaum, Budd, Larner, Gross, Rosenbaum, Greenberg & Sade, Short Hills, NJ, Kenneth R. Hartmann, Kozyak, Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., Miami, FL, for Appellants in No. 95-5586.

Jay Starkman, Delgado, Befeler, Starkman & Magolnick, P.A., Miami, FL, for Appellee in No. 95-5586.

Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case hinges on the following question: Must a plaintiff bringing a civil RICO conspiracy claim prove that the overt act (in furtherance of the conspiracy) by which he was injured was an "act of racketeering"? We answer this question in the affirmative, and therefore affirm the district court's grant of summary judgment.

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This case arises out of the relationship between Robert A. Beck, II, the plaintiff, and members...

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