SHULMAN v. KAPLAN

No. 20-56265.

58 F.4th 404 (2023)

Francine SHULMAN; Iron Angel, LLC; 3F, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Todd KAPLAN; Medical Investor Holdings LLC, dba Vertical Companies; Charles Houghton; Matt Kaplan; Drew Milburn; Courtney Dorne; Smoke Wallin; Robert Scott Kaplan, aka Robert Scott; Elyse Kaplan; Jeff Silver; Iron Angel II, LLC; Ncamba9, Inc.; Vertical Wellness, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed January 18, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kristin C. Cope (argued), O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Dallas, Texas; Cheryl Cauley , Baker Botts LLP, Palo Alto, California; Christopher E. Tutunjian , Baker Botts LLP, Houston, Texas; Christopher Hunt ; Baker Botts LLP, Dallas, Texas; for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

John C. Scholz (argued), Lafayette, Colorado; Melissa G. Fulgencio , Uplift Law, Placentia, California; Charles Houghton , Colorado Springs, Colorado; Rachel F. Kashani and Priscilla B. George , Medical Investor Holdings LLC, Agoura Hills, California; Elyse S. Kaplan , Camarillo, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Before: MILAN D. SMITH, JR. and RYAN D. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and GERSHWIN A. DRAIN, District Judge.


OPINION

The question presented in this case is whether Appellants, a cannabis entrepreneur and two cannabis businesses, have standing to bring claims arising pursuant to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq., based on alleged harms to their cannabis...

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