John's Insulation, Inc. v. Siska Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that a plaintiff must plead \specific wrongful acts which constitute an independent tort\ to establish the predicate unlawful act in a civil conspiracy claim
• explaining that section 245 confers neither substantive rights nor a private right of action for damages
• noting that “[t]here is no implied private cause of action under the Hobbs Act”
• “A general allegation of conspiracy . . . is a mere allegation of a legal conclusion and is inadequate of itself to state a cause of action.”
• “. . . 18 U.S.C.A. § 245, which permits federal prosecution for interference with a list of federally protected activities, confers neither substantive rights nor a private right of action for damages.” (citation omitted)
• “A claimant must plead specific wrongful acts which constitute an independent tort.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).