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BONNER v. HENDERSON

No. 97-41102.

147 F.3d 457 (1998)

Leslie R. BONNER, Trustee of Reliance Trusts; Mark S. Lee, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Robert Wayne HENDERSON, et al., Defendants, Robert Wayne Henderson; Mary Bell Henderson; A.D. Henderson; George Cunyus; M.E. McDonald; Frank Yantis; Stephen Embree; Grant Thornton, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 31, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Johnson Race, Otis W. Carroll, Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, Tyler, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William M. Ravkind, Ravkind & Ravkind, Dallas, TX, for Robert Wayne and Mary Bell Henderson.

Cecil W. Casterline, Casterline, Weed & Wood, Bryan Douglas Perkins, Gibson, McClure & Wallace, Dallas, TX, for A. D. Henderson.

Scott Patrick Stolley, David H. Smith, Thompson & Knight, Dallas, TX, for Cunyus.

Charles H. Clark, Clark, Walker & Lea, Tyler, TX, for McDonald.

Brian Patrick Shaw, Dallas, TX, for Yantis.

Robert W. Coleman, James Alexander McCorquodale, Vial, Hamilton, Koch & Knox, Dallas, TX, for Embree and Thornton.

Before WISDOM, KING and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

I. Introduction and Background

In the present case, we consider whether a trust constitutes an "enterprise" for purposes of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).1 We hold that it does not.

In 1941, Frania Tye Hunt created four trusts, collectively known as the Reliance Trusts, for the benefit of her four children. The plaintiffs, one of whom...

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