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· 8/9/1991

Gonzalez v. Aloha Airlines, Inc.

Citations

  • 940 F.2d 1312
  • 1991 WL 149133

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that “business relationship akin to a joint venture” was sufficient to establish an associated-in- fact RICO enterprise
  • concluding that an enterprise may “consist of a group of individuals associated in fact with various corporations,” but noting that a single entity cannot be both a RICO enterprise and an individual RICO defendant
  • recognizing discretion and electing to decide issue
  • “a single individual or entity 15 cannot be both the RICO enterprise and an individual RICO defendant”
  • “a pattern of breach of contract 26 activity . . . even when embellished by the familiar ‘racketeering,’ is not sufficient to establish a violation of RICO.”
  • “a pattern of breach of contract 2 activity . . . even when embellished by the familiar ‘racketeering,’ is not sufficient to establish a 3 violation of RICO.”

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Judges: Ferguson, Fletcher, Schroeder

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