Menasco, Inc. v. Wasserman

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• recognizing that the plaintiffs could allege a pattern if they alleged that the defendants engaged in similar schemes to defraud over twenty other investors
• recognizing that the RICO plaintiff could allege a pattern of racketeering activity if the plaintiff alleged that the defendants had used similar fraudulent schemes to defraud over twenty other investors
• recognizing that RICO plaintiff could allege pattern if plaintiff alleged that other defendants had used similar schemes to defraud others
• concluding that the plaintiffs failed to properly allege a pattern of racketeering activity where the alleged “actions were narrowly directed towards a single fraudulent goal” and the complaint failed to disclose the identity of any other injured persons
• noting that by means of the pattern requirement and treble damages remedy “Congress contemplated that only a party engaging in widespread fraud would be subject to such serious consequence”
• isolated instance of garden-variety commercial fraud with a single goal which terminated with the defrauding of two investors in oil and gas venture

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Cited by

81 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Vicom, Inc. v. Harbridge Merchant Services, Inc., as Successor in Interest to Peach Tree Bancard Corporation, Judy Elliot, James Elliot
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-04-05· cited 659×
• Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V.
  D. Maryland· 1991-08-15· cited 231×
• Efron v. Embassy Suites (Puerto Rico), Inc.
  First Circuit· 2000-08-14· cited 179×
• Midwest Grinding Co. v. Spitz
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-09-16· cited 172×
• Brubaker v. City of Richmond
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-08-08· cited 155×
• Eplus Technology, Incorporated v. Patricia Aboud, A/K/A Carole Girard, and Daniel Jacques Akerib Jean-Marie Chartuny George Bernachawy John Doe
  Fourth Circuit· 2002-12-03· cited 148×
• Midwest Grinding Company, Inc. v. Spitz
  Seventh Circuit· 1992-09-16· cited 123×
• US Airline Pilots Ass'n v. AWAPPA, LLC
  Fourth Circuit· 2010-07-30· cited 119×
• Fujisawa Pharmaceutical Company, Ltd., and Fujisawa Usa, Inc. v. John K. Kapoor
  Seventh Circuit· 1997-06-16· cited 115×
• United States v. Donald J. Blandford
  Sixth Circuit· 1994-09-07· cited 105×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Stone
  Tenth Circuit· 1993-07-12· cited 81×
• Myers v. Finkle
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-11-27· cited 80×
• Marshall-Silver Construction Company, Inc. And Silver Construction, Inc. v. M. Mark Mendel, Daniel E. Murray, and M. Mark Mendel Ltd.
  Third Circuit· 1990-01-18· cited 77×
• State v. Barnes
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-03-07· cited 63×
• Apparel Art International, Inc. v. Leon Jacobson
  First Circuit· 1992-06-26· cited 60×
• Menasco, Inc. v. Wasserman
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-09-28· cited 57×
• William R. Bachman v. Bear, Stearns & Company, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-05-26· cited 56×
• United States v. Jonathan Pinson
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-06-19· cited 56×
• Superior Bank, F.S.B. v. Tandem National Mortgage, Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2000-06-27· cited 52×
• Chambers v. King Buick GMC, LLC
  D. Maryland· 2014-09-02· cited 50×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Foman v. Davis
  Supreme Court· 1962-12-03· cited 17,205×
• Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 3,595×
• H. J. Inc. v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-26· cited 2,771×
• Schreiber Distributing Co. v. Serv-Well Furniture Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1986-12-24· cited 385×
• Gilbert Roeder, Etc. v. Alpha Industries, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1987-03-23· cited 349×
• Brandenburg v. Seidel
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-10-11· cited 208×
• Lipin Enterprises Inc. v. Lee
  Seventh Circuit· 1986-10-09· cited 92×
• International Data Bank, Ltd. v. Zepkin
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-02-20· cited 87×
• Medallion Television Enterprises, Inc., John Ettlinger v. Selectv of California, Inc., James Levitus, Lionel Schaen, Richard Kulis
  Ninth Circuit· 1988-02-26· cited 76×
• Jones v. Lampe
  Seventh Circuit· 1988-05-10· cited 62×
• Hmk Corporation, a Virginia Corporation v. John C. Walsey
  Fourth Circuit· 1987-09-17· cited 61×
• Flip Mortgage Corp. v. McElhone
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-03-04· cited 57×
• Torwest DBC, Inc. v. Dick
  Tenth Circuit· 1987-01-20· cited 55×

Other cases named Menasco, Inc. v. Wasserman

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Menasco, Inc. v. Wasserman
  Fourth Circuit· 1989-09-28· cited 57×