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· 12/14/1998

Dow Chemical Co. v. Exxon Corp.

Citations

  • 30 F. Supp. 2d 673
  • 1998 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19952
  • 1998 WL 897079

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  • noting that injury plaintiffs alleged injury was too speculative under RICO where it depended upon “intervening decisions” by government agencies, which, in that case, involved “discretion whether or not to grant patent property rights”
  • rejecting argument that a corporation may be held liable for racketeering through association-in-fact composed of corporation, employees, subsidiaries and affiliates
  • distinguishing direct injury from indirect injury

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Judges: Sue L. Robinson

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