United States Second Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint alleging global money-laundering scheme claims against defendants under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute and related state law claims, is vacated and reversed, where: 1) plaintiff's claims are within the scope of the RICO statute because Congress manifested an unmistakable intent that certain of the federal statutes adopted as predicates for RICO liability apply to extraterritorial conduct; and 2) the state law claims are within federal diversity jurisdiction because plaintiff qualifies as a "foreign state."

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/23/2014
• Published 04/23/2014

Judges

• LEVAL

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel