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· 3/9/1999

Robert R. Wisdom Nancy J. Wisdom v. First Midwest Bank, of Poplar Bluff Jerry F. McLane Jerry Dorton Joey McLane

Citations

  • 167 F.3d 402

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that criminal statutes do not create private rights of action absent evidence of congressional intent
  • holding that “neither the statutory lan- guage of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 nor its legislative history reflect an intent by Con- gress to create a private right of action”
  • holding that ten month period was too short to establish closed-ended continuity
  • collecting cases and holding that § 1341 did not establish a private right of action
  • complaint alleging violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341 dismissed because there is no private cause of action under the mail fraud statute
  • “[W]e agree with the Fifth and Sixth Circuits and hold that Congress did not intend to create a private right of action in enacting either the mail or wire fraud statutes.”

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Judges: Hansen, Bright, Arnold

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