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· 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

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • 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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