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See Cox v. Because in the instant case plaintiff has alleged that the corporate defendants, through their employees, conducted the affairs of an enterprise separate from the corporation, there is no impediment to respondeat superior liability.
To hold that respondeat superior liability is available, however, does not win the day for plaintiff. As set forth in Liquid Air, F. Plaintiff has properly alleged the first two elements, but not the third.
Neither the complaint nor the subsequently filed RICO case statement includes any allegation that the corporate defendants knew of or authorized the employees' actions. The RICO case statement does contain a general allegation that "Arrow ratified Garrity's misconduct and did not dismiss Garrity until , over one year after [plaintiff] notified Arrow of Garrity's misconduct.
There is no allegation that once having been put on notice the corporate defendants allowed the employees to continue the scheme or even continue to work, or that the defendants did not immediately begin an investigation of the claim.
See Cox, 17 F. Nor is there any allegation that the corporate defendants attempted to cover up the fraud after learning of the allegations. Accordingly, the court concludes that plaintiff has failed to state a claim for respondeat superior liability against the corporate defendants.
As noted, the corporate defendants and Garrity have also argued that Count I fails to allege a RICO enterprise or a pattern of racketeering activity. With respect to the enterprise, defendants argue that plaintiff has failed to allege any structure. The court disagrees. It is true, that the hallmark of an enterprise is structure.
United States v. Rogers, 89 F. Enterprises include "informal organizations such as criminal gangs and there must be some structure to distinguish an enterprise from a mere conspiracy, but there need not be much. A RICO enterprise is an ongoing structure of persons associated through time, joined in purpose, and organized in a manner amenable to hierarchical or consensual decision-making.
The continuity of an informal association and the differentiation among roles can provide the requisite structure. In the instant case, the scheme allegedly continued for a number of years with the individuals performing varied roles. Obviously, Barry's role as purchaser for plaintiff varied from Garrity's role as seller for Arrow, which varied from the other defendants who allegedly laundered the profits for Barry.
Barry was apparently the mastermind and ringleader, but the complaint very clearly alleges that the individuals met and made at least some decisions as a group. That is sufficient to satisfy the enterprise requirement. Defendants next argue that the complaint fails to allege a pattern of racketeering activity. RICO requires at least two acts of racketeering activity within a ten year period. Racketeering activity includes any act indictable under certain specific provisions of the United States Code, including, for purposes of this case, 18 U.
While two predicate acts are necessary to form a pattern, two acts alone are generally not sufficient. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. In addition to the two predicate acts, a RICO plaintiff must demonstrate that the predicate acts are related and that they amount to or pose a threat of continued criminal activity.
Rosewood Care Center, Inc. In the instant case, the relationship prong is uncontested. It is the continuity aspect of the pattern requirement that defendants challenge. Continuity over a closed period as alleged in the instant case may be demonstrated by proof of a series of related predicate acts extending over a substantial period of time. Because when Congress enacted RICO it was generally concerned with long term criminal conduct, the Court cautioned that "predicate acts extending over a few weeks or months and threatening no future criminal conduct do not satisfy this requirement.
The Seventh Circuit has set forth five factors to be analyzed to determine closed period continuity: "the number and variety of predicate acts and the length of time over which they were committed, the number of witnesses, the presence of separate schemes, and the occurrence of distinct injuries. Bank of Waukegan, F. No single factor is determinative. Here, plaintiff has alleged a scheme lasting almost eight years involving thousands of predicate acts including mail and wire fraud and money laundering.
Each of the thousands of fraudulent invoices sent constitutes a separate distinct injury. Liquid Air, F. Even accepting defendants' characterization of the complaint as alleging only a single scheme against a single victim, the shear length of time the scheme existed and the number of resulting predicate acts is sufficient to established closed ended continuity and a pattern of RICO activity.
Accordingly, Garrity's motion to dismiss Count I is denied. Gagan v. American Cablevision, Inc. No individual defendant need have agreed "to actually commit the predicate acts itself or even to participate in the commission of those acts so long as they agree that the acts would be committed on behalf of the conspiracy.
Andrews- Bartlett and Associates, Inc. Plaintiff's complaint clearly sets forth allegations that Garrity and the other defendants agreed to place orders and pay invoices. Under MCM, the allegations are sufficient to allege a conspiracy. Accordingly, Garrity's motion to dismiss Count II is denied. As noted above, the scheme alleged against APC is slightly different than that against Arrow and Milgray.
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