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LERNER v. FLEET BANK, N.A.

Docket No. 01-7755.

318 F.3d 113 (2003)

Isaac LERNER, Eli Lerner, Ballyward Investment Company, Ltd., Jaime Sohacheski, Gaston Limited, Hotel Investors, Inc, Perky Limited, Abraham Rappaport, Esther Rappaport, Moshe Cohn, Establissement Somer, Joseph Kohn, Chancery Enterprises, Ltd, Rosdev Developments, Inc., Michael Rosenberg, Bruce Bayroff, Joshua Goldstein, Land Tech at Manalpan LLC., Theodore Brodie, Meyer Rosenbaum, Mr Associates LLC., Ilana Blumkin, As Trustee, Emdee Tours, Inc., Alexander Hansenfeld, Inc., Profit Sharing Retirement Plan, Pinchos Rubinson, Akiva Leiman, Estate of Boruch Rubinson, Chaim Lekowitz, Rachel Lekowitz, Naftali Lipshutz, Sarah Lipshutz, Mendel Lipshutz, Feigy Lipshutz, Reisel Bergstein, Michael Konig, Esther Wertenteil, Mark Wertenteil, Morris Friedman, Sarah Friedman, Aaron Wertenteil, Teena Wertenteil, the Regal Trade, S.A., Vavel Corp., Chadwick Funding Co. L.P., Allen Sausen, Leonard Sausen d/b/a Atassco, Keren Hachesed of Monsey, Inc., Geneva Properties, L.L.C., Mt. Pleasant Partners, Herscel Kulefsky, Albert David Pearls & Gems, Inc., Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Chai Properties Corp, Arthur Kurtz, Cresfield Associates, Inc., Weinreb Management, Howard Mermelstein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FLEET BANK, N.A., Sterling National Bank and Trust Company of New York and Republic National Bank of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: January 22, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Robert Blakey, Notre Dame Law School (James B. Zane, Edward S. Rudofsky, Arlene H. Schechter, on the brief), Notre Dame, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Richard F. Ziegler, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton (David M. Meisels, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Fleet Bank, N.A.

Celia G. Barenholtz, Kronish Lieb Weiner & Hellman LLP (Chaya Weinberg-Brodt, of counsel), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Republic National Bank of New York.

Allen C. Wasserman, Owen & Davis PC, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Sterling National Bank and Trust Company of New York.

Before: STRAUB and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and GOLDBERG, Judge.

SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge.

The creative pleading in the instant cases serves as a reminder why the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act's ("RICO") treble damages provisions are not available to remedy every possible injury that can, with some ingenuity, be attributed to a defendant's injurious conduct. Plaintiffs appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Block, J.) dismissing two companion actions...

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