692 F. Supp. 596 - Combs v. Bakker’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1341 (White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1961 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1962 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 1965 (§ 901 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1332 (Class Action Fairness Act of 2005)
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Sedima Sprl v. Imrex Company Inc · Milliken v. Meyer · Miller v. Haynes · Mucci v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The only racketeering activity alleged by Plaintiffs is the infliction of a single basic injury — the sale of partnerships by misrepresentation. The mere fact that plaintiffs allege that on information and belief over 55,000 lifetime partnerships were sold, which would obviously require numerous pieces of paper, and a great number of mailings and telephone calls to a great number of persons, does not mean that each mailing and telephone call was a separate transaction so as to constitute each mailing or telephone call a racketeering activity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[i]n any action, whether the claim arises within or without this state, in which a claim is asserted against a party who when service of process is made upon such party: d. [i]s engaged in substantial activity within this state, whether such activity is wholly interstate, intrastate or otherwise.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent“not set out facts sufficient to bring Defendants within the reach of [RICO]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.