United States Textiles, Inc. v. Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc. And Busch Entertainment Corporation

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the scheme, which related to a single contract, was not an appropriate RICO claim since there was no significant societal threat
• noting that each mail and wire fraud count \relates back\ to initial extortions, and that duration of transaction at issue was \pure happenstance in light of the underlying concern which is the 'continuity' of the criminal activity\
• noting that each mail and wire fraud count “relates back” to initial extortions, and that duration of transaction at issue was “pure happenstance in light of the underlying concern which is the ‘continuity’ of the criminal activity”
• finding that “identical economic injuries suffered over the course of two years stemming from a single contract were not the type of injuries Congress intended to compensate via the civil provisions of RICO”
• finding it “significant” to continuity analysis that the plaintiffs offered “no indication” of other victims “waiting in the wings”
• noting the plaintiff “has given no indication that this is a type of activity in which [the defendant] normally engages or, indeed, that there are other potential ... victims waiting in the wings”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).