· 6/4/2008
Craig Outdoor Advertising, Inc. v. Viacom Outdoor, Inc.
Citations
- 528 F.3d 1001
- 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 11824
- 2008 WL 2262350
How courts have described this case
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- finding that when the defendant had “terminated any allegedly fraudulent scheme” prior to suit, there was no open-ended continuity
- explaining that “[f]ailure to present sufficient evidence on any one element of a RICO claim means the entire claim fails”
- noting that the Eighth Circuit has rejected “attempts to convert ordinary civil disputes into RICO cases”
- explaining that when a party asserts alternative theories of recovery for the same injury, the party is entitled only to a single award of compensatory damages
- explaining that when a party asserts alternative theories of recovery for the same injury, the party is entitled only to a single award of compensatory damages
- stating that a jury verdict is entitled to extreme deference and will not be set aside unless no reasonable jury could have reached the same verdict based on the evidence submitted
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Judges: Bye, Bowman, Smith
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