Punch and Jurists

Hall v. Tressic, No. 5:04-CV-925 (N.D.N.Y.) (381 F.Supp.2d 101) (August 15, 2005) (Judge David N. Hurd) by In this decision, Judge Hurd dismissed with prejudice the plaintiff’s efforts to boot-strap his allegations of sexual abuse by a priest into a broad civil RICO action against the Catholic Church. The Court …

U.S. v. Houston, No. 04-30216 (9th Cir.) (406 F.3d 1121) (May 9, 2005) (Judge Richard C. Tallman) by Rosemary Houston was convicted of distributing methadone to her friend, Trina Bradford, which resulted in Bradford’s death. Houston obtained the methadone from her doctor and then sold it to Bradford, who overdosed …

Scheidler v. Nat'l Org. for Women, Inc., No. 01-1118 (U.S. Supreme Court) (537 U.S. 393; 123 S.Ct. 1057) (February 26, 2003) (Justice Rehnquist) by In this case the Supreme Court overturned a federal racketeering judgment against a coalition of anti-abortion groups that had conducted a widespread campaign of disrupting and …

Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King, No. 00-549 (U.S. Supreme Court) (533 U.S. 158; 121 S.Ct. 2087) (June 11, 2001) (Justice Breyer) by In this civil RICO case, the Court held that corporate employees acting within the scope of their employment may be held liable for violations of the Racketeer …