BONILLA v. VOLVO CAR CORP.

No. 97-1135.

150 F.3d 62 (1998)

Luis BONILLA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. VOLVO CAR CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gael Mahony with whom Michael D. Weisman, Michael D. Vhay, Andres W. Lopez, Anne L. Showalter, Hill & Barlow, P.C., Rafael Perez-Bachs, Nereida Melendez-Rivera and McConnell Valdes were on brief for defendant Volvo Car Corporation.

Daniel L. Goldberg, Alicia L. Downey, Bingham, Dana & Gould LLP, Charles H. Lockwood II, Vice President & General Counsel, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc., and Phillip D. Brady, Vice President & General Counsel, American Automobile Manufacturers Association, on brief for Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc. and American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Amici Curiae.

Allan Kanner with whom Conlee Schell Whiteley, Elizabeth B. Cowen, Allan Kanner & Associates, P.C., Paul H. Hulsey, Frederick J. Jekel, Theodore H. Huge, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, P.A., Jose F. Quetglas Jordan, Eric Quetglas Jordan, Zygmunt Slominski, Quetglas Law Offices, Daniel Harris and Law Offices of Daniel Harris were on brief for plaintiffs Luis Bonilla, et al.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

In these seven related appeals, we are asked to examine numerous rulings and decisions in a complex civil suit brought under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962 ("RICO"). This opinion addresses the first of the appeals, the principal appeal (No. 97-1135) of Volvo Car Corporation ("Volvo"), and two companion opinions resolve the remaining appeals.

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases