US AIRLINE PILOTS ASS'N v. AWAPPA, LLC

No. 08-1858.

615 F.3d 312 (2010)

US AIRLINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AWAPPA, LLC; John McIlvenna; Mitch Vasin; Peter Blandino; Eric Ferguson; Jeff Koontz; Russ Payne; Keith Krueger; Eric Auxier; Christopher Cundari; Jack Tooke; David Braid; Robert J. Narloch; Bruce A. Hannah; Ron Gabaldon; Shawn Metzker; Jurie Maree; John Does 1-100; Al Casby; Jeff Abbott; Mark Doyal; Larry Diehl; Steve Trimmer; CJ Szmal; Joe Heil; Kevin Steele, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: July 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Lee R.A. Seham, Seham, Seham, Meltz & Petersen, LLP, White Plains, New York, for Appellant. John Miller West, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Nicholas Paul Granath, Seham, Seham, Meltz & Petersen, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Stanley J. Silverstone, Lucas Middlebrook, Seham, Seham, Meltz & Petersen, LLP, White Plains, New York, for Appellant. Lat J. Celmins, Patrick J. Van Zanen, Michael L. Kitchen, Margrave Celmins, P.C., Scottsdale, Arizona, for Appellees Keith Krueger, Eric Auxier, Christopher Cundari, Jack Tooke, David Braid, Robert Narloch, Bruce Hannah, Ron Gabaldon, Shawn Metzker, Al Casby, Larry Diehl, CJ Szmal, Joe Heil, and Kevin Steele; Jeffrey R. Freund, Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees AWAPPA, LLC, John McIlvenna, Mitch Vasin, Peter Blandino, Eric Ferguson, Jeff Koontz, and Russ Payne.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge MICHAEL and Judge KING joined.


OPINION

DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:

The U.S. Airline Pilots Association ("USAPA") filed this action against the America West Airlines Pilots Protective Alliance, LLC ("AWAPPA") and several individual defendants pursuant to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68 (2006). The complaint, which seeks an injunction and damages, alleges that the defendants engaged in extortionate acts that constitute...

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