United States Second Circuit

Civil suits brought by foreign sovereigns under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, to recover lost tax revenues and law enforcement costs due to smuggling, are barred by the revenue rule.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/13/2005
• Published 09/13/2005

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  OAKES, CALABRESI, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Halloran, Jr., Speiser, Krause, Nolan & Granito, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Murray R. Garnick, Arnold & Porter LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellees.