Missouri v. Todd

How courts have described this case

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• holding that merely providing internet service to the public did not make America Online (AOL) a state actor
• holding that the RICO bar applies even where the plaintiff does not have standing to bring a securities fraud action
• holding that, in addition to the general conspiracy principles mentioned in Salinas, “[a] defendant must also have been ‘aware of the essential nature and scope of the enterprise and intended to participate in it.’ ”
• finding that PSLRA barred RICO 16 claim predicated on allegations that AOL illegally sold stock at a profit.
• finding no subject-matter jurisdiction for a Section 1983 claim because AOL was not a state actor, even if it allegedly acted as a “quasi-public utility” that involves “a public trust.”
• finding no subject-matter jurisdiction for a § 1983 claim because AOL was not a state actor, even if it allegedly acted as a “quasi-public utility” that involves “a public trust”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).