Luis BONILLA, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees,
v.
VOLVO CAR CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Heard December 2, 1997.
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.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
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.
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