CHASET v. FLEER/SKYBOX INTERN., LP

Nos. 00-56251, 00-56256, 00-56263, 00-56253, 00-56260, 00-56266, 00-56255, 00-56261.

300 F.3d 1083 (2002)

Nicholas CHASET; Gretchen Dumas, as Guardian ad litem for, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FLEER/SKYBOX INTERNATIONAL, LP, Defendant-Appellee. Nicholas Chaset; Gretchen Dumas, as Guardian ad litem for, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Upper Deck Company; Vintage Sports Cards, Inc.; Treat Entertainment, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Nicholas Chaset; Jon Rodriquez, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Gretchen Dumas, as Guardian ad litem for; Irene Torres, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Topps Company, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Nicholas Chaset; Gretchen Dumas, as Guardian ad litem for, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Playoff Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nicholas Chaset; Gretchen Dumas, as Guardian ad litem for, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Racing Champions Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Nicholas Chaset; Irene Torres, Guardian ad litem; Gretchen Dumas, as Guardian ad litem for; Jon Rodriguez, a minor, by and through his guardian ad litem, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Major League Baseball Players Association; Major League Baseball Properties, Inc.; NBA Properties, Inc.; NFL Properties, Inc.; National Football League Players Association, dba NFL Players, Inc.; Players, Inc.; National Hockey League Enterprises; NHL Players Association; Walt Disney Company, Defendants-Appellees. Irene Torres, as Guardian ad litem for John Rodriguez; Jeffrey Fishman, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Steven Price, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated; Lance Kuba, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Pacific Trading Cards, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Andrew Imber, a minor; Alex Silverman, a minor; Anthony Treviranus, a minor; Kathleen Paige Treviranus, a minor; Kelly Treviranus, as guardian ad litem for Anthony Treviranus, Plaintiffs, and Gabriel Laus; Marci Imber, as guardian ad litem for Andrew Imber; Janet Silverman, as guardian ad litem for Alex D.C. No. Silverman; Gabriela LAUS, as CV-99-02010-RMB guardian ad litem for Gabriel Laus; Peter Walzer, as guardian ad litem for Graham Walzer; Steven Spiegler, as guardian ad litem for Matthew Spiegler, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Nintendo Of America, Inc.; Wizards Of The Coast, Inc.; 4Kids Entertainment, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 20, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Isaacson, Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, San Diego, CA; Henry Rossbacher, Rossbacher & Associates, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Shepard Goldfein and Douglas B. Alder, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, NY; Martin Fineman, Davis, Wright, Tremaine, San Francisco, CA; Michael L. Lipman, Coughlan, Semmer & Lipman, Michael Dukor, Dukor, Spradling & Metzer, Edward J. McIntyre, Solomon, Ward, Seidenwurm & Smith, San Diego, CA; Eric J. Lobenfeld; Chadbourne & Parke, New York, NY; Meryl Young, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Irvine, CA; Kent B. Gross and Valerie M. Goo, Pillsbury Winthrop, Richard A. Schirtzer, Quinn, Emmanuel, Urquhart, Oliver & Hedges, Los Angeles, CA; Kenneth M. Fitzgerald, Latham & Watkins, Terry Ross, Gray, Cary, Ware & Freidenrich, San Diego, CA; Michael J. Baker, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Grace K. Won, Farela, Braun & Martel, San Francisco, CA, for the defendants-appellees.

Before LEAVY, T.G. NELSON, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

LEAVY, Senior Circuit Judge.

In these eight consolidated cases, purchasers of trading cards (appeal the district court's dismissals of their actions brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 ("RICO")). The district court held that the purchasers did not have standing because they were not injured in their business or property as required by RICO's § 1964(c). We have jurisdiction over...

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