United States Fifth Circuit

Summary judgment dismissing RICO claim was proper, where an association-in-fact enterprise and continuity of the association were not demonstrated as required under 18 U.S.C. section 1962(c). Company officers not associated other than through company activities do not constitute an enterprise for purposes of section 1962(c).

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/30/2003
• Published 01/30/2003

Judges

• DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DUHÉ and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Ron Adkison (argued), Wellborn, Houston, Adkison, Mann, Sadler & Hill, Henderson, TX, Damon Michael Young, Sr., Young, Pickett & Lee, Texarkana, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants., Deborah Johnson Race (argued), Ireland, Carroll & Kelley, Tyler, TX, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.