United States Fifth Circuit

A lawsuit, alleging RICO violations by credit card companies and web sites arising from online gambling operations, was properly dismissed where plaintiffs could not show a pattern of racketeering activity or the collection of unlawful debt.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/20/2002
• Published 11/20/2002

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge:, Before DeMOSS, STEWART and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael J. Beck, Clerk, Multi Dist. Lit. Panel, Washington, DC, for MasterCard Intern. Inc. and Visa Intern. Serv. Ass'n., Barry Grant Reed, Zimmerman Reed, Minneapolis, MN, Stephen B. Murray, Murray Law Firm, New Orleans, LA, James W. Johnson, Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow, New York City, W. Lewis Garrison, Jr. (argued), Honza J. Prchal, Garrison, Scott, Gamble & Rosenthal, Birmingham, AL, M. Scott Barrett, Barrett & Associates, Chicago, IL, William S. Weisberg, Weisberg & Miller, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants., Jay N. Fastow (argued), Yoav M. Griver, Chad CHambers, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, Anthony Joseph Rollo, Jr., McGlinchey Stafford, New Orleans, LA, Eileen S. Simon, MasterCard Intern., Purchase, NY, for MasterCard Intern. Inc., R. Patrick Vance, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, Martin C. Bryce, Jr. (argued). Alan S. Kaplinsky, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Fleet Bank (RI), NA and Fleet CreditCard Services LP., Daniel H. Bookin, Randall William Edwards, O'Melveny & Myers, San Francisco, CA, Barry Weldon Ashe, Phillip A. Wittmann, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, LA, for Visa Intern. Serv. Ass'n., Christopher R. Lipsett, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, New York City, for Travelers Bank USA Corp.