United States Supreme Court
Hemi Group, LLC v. City of N.Y., 08-969
In an action by New York City against an online cigarette seller under the civil enforcement provision of RICO, alleging that defendant's failure to file Jenkins Act reports with New York State constituted mail and wire fraud, the court of appeals' judgment reversing the dismissal of the complaint is reversed where plaintiff failed to satisfy RICO's proximate cause requirement because defendant's obligation was to file Jenkins Act reports with the state, not the city, and the city's harm of lost tax revenue was directly caused by cigarette customers, not defendant.
Appellate Information
- Decided 01/25/2010
- Published 01/25/2010
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- United States Supreme Court