United States Fourth Circuit

A Canadian citizen had sufficient contacts to support the district court's finding of jurisdiction in a civil RICO fraud action, and the court's mistaken reference to documents outside the record was harmless. Civil RICO elements were established, based on defendant's "bust-out" credit scheme.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/03/2002
• Published 12/03/2002

Judges

• Before WILLIAM W. WILKINS, JR., MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  John Francis Cahill, Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Michael Edward Geltner, Geltner & Associates, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Patrick C. Smith, Law Office of Patrick C. Smith, P.C., Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellant.  Erica S. Stoecker, Herndon, Virginia, for Appellee.