Deck v. Engineered Laminates

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• deciding that meritless litigation is not a predicate act of extortion under RICO
• deciding that plaintiff's allegations of bad-faith litigation do not state the predicate act of extortion and that tampering with a witness may be a predicate act only if done in a federal proceeding, not a state proceeding
• “[Tjamper-ing with a witness in a state judicial proceeding ... is not a RICO predicate act.”
• joining \multitude of other courts in holding that meritless litigation is not extortion under [the Hobbs Act]\
• joining “multitude of other courts in holding that meritless litigation is not extortion under [the Hobbs Act]”
• joining “multitude of other courts in holding that meritless litigation is not extortion under [the Hobbs Act]”

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