ECLECTIC PROPERTIES EAST v. MARCUS & MILLICHAP CO.

No. 12-16526.

751 F.3d 990 (2014)

ECLECTIC PROPERTIES EAST, LLC, a California limited liability company; Risola Family LP II, a Florida limited partnership; CECA 3000, LP, a Nevada limited partnership; Cheatham Properties, LLC, a California limited liability company, successor in interest of John and Mary Cheatham; VAS Enterprises I LLC, a California limited liability company; Amnon Danus; Rivka Danus; Linda Farrell; Joseph W. Amirkhas; Joseph W. Amirkhas, as Trustee under the Amirkhas Trust, dated January 14, 2000; Justus L. Ahrend; Susan W. Ahrend, Trustees of the Justus and Susan Ahrend Trust, dated December 6, 1990; Kevork Belikian; Sylvia S. Belikian, Trustees under the Kevork Belikian and Sylvia S. Belikian Living Trust, dated July 10, 2000; Mani Etemad; Susan Khoshnood, Trustee of the Mani Etemad and Susan Khoshnood 2001 Revocable Trust; Eugenia Gagnon, Trustee of the Genie Debs Revocable Trust, dated October 10, 1995; Thomas H. Linden; Sylvia E. Linden, Trustees of the Thomas H. Linden and Sylvia E. Linden Family Trust, dated September 19, 2000; Johannes Moderbacher; Eileen Starr Moderbacher, as Trustees of the Moderbacher Family Trust, established by Declaration of Trust, dated February 1, 2006; Richard W. Siebert; Debra M. SIEBERT, Trustees of the Siebert Family Trust U/DT, dated January 13, 2003; Allen Ernest Hom, Trustee for the Allen Ernest Hom Trust, dated August 19, 1992; Linda J. Call, Trustee for the Linda Jeanne Call Family Trust, dated September 12, 2002, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The MARCUS & MILLICHAP COMPANY, a California corporation; Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services Inc., a California corporation; Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Company, a California corporation; Sovereign Investment Company, a California corporation; Sovereign Scranton LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Sovereign CC, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Sovereign JF, LLC, a California limited liability company; Paul A. Morabito, individually and as the alter-ego of Eureka Petroleum Inc., a New York corporation, Tibarom Inc., a Delaware corporation, Tibarom N.Y. LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Tibarom PA LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, Scranton Lube, LLC a Delaware limited liability company; Eureka Petroleum, a New York corporation; Tibarom Inc., a Delaware corporation; Tibarom N.Y. LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; Tibarom PA LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; Scranton Lube, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; NY Seven Lube, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; New York Lube Number 3, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Rochester Lube, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company; Baruk Management, Inc., a California corporation; Jack Waelti, individually and as the alter-ego of the QSR Group One, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, The QSR Group, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and the QSR Group II, LLC, a Florida limited liability company AKA The QSR Group Two, LLC; The QSR Group One, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; The QSR Group, LLC, a Florida limited liability company; THE QSR Group II, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, AKA The QSR Group Two, LLC; PGP Valuation, Inc., an Oregon corporation; Glen D. Kunofsky; Marcus Muirhead; Alexander Mickle; Sean Perkin; Donald Emas; Andrew Lesher; Stewart Weston; Brice Head; Daizy Gomez; Bret King, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 7, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Alexander (argued), Sanford Svetcov , and Andrew S. Love , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Francisco, CA; David J. George and Bailie L. Heikkinen , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Boca Raton, FL; and Bonny E. Sweeney and Phong L. Tran , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, San Diego, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Daniel Purcell (argued), John W. Keker , and Dan Jackson , Keker & Van Nest LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees The Marcus & Millichap Company, Sovereign Investment Company, Sovereign Scranton LLC, Sovereign CC, LLC, and Sovereign JF, LLC.

David C. Scheper , Julio V. Vergara , and Katherine B. Farkas , Scheper Kim & Harris LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, Inc., Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Brokerage Company, Marcus Muirhead, Sean Perkin, Donald Emas, Andrew Lesher, Stewart Weston, Brice Head, and Bret King.

Dennis C. Vacco and Brendan H. Little , Lippes Mathias Wexler Friedman LLP, Buffalo, NY, Barry L. Breslow , Frank C. Gilmore , Robison, Belaustegui, Sharp & Low, Reno, NV, for Defendants-Appellees Paul A. Morabito and Baruk Management, Inc.

Timothy A. Horton , McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, San Diego, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Tibarom NY, LLC and Tibarom PA, LLC.

Scott Wm. Davenport , Manning & Kass, Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester LLP, Irvine, CA, for Defendant-Appelle PGP Valuation, Inc.

Eugene Ashley , Hopkins & Carley, ALC, San Jose, CA, for Defendants-Appellees Glen Kunofsky and Daizy Gomez.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges, and PAUL C. HUCK, Senior District Judge.


OPINION

GOULD, Circuit Judge:

We consider whether Plaintiffs-Appellants have pleaded facts sufficient under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 8(a) and 9(b) to support a plausible theory of Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO") and RICO conspiracy violations against Defendants-Appellees.

We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we hold that Plaintiffs' complaint does not...

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