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The Rico Nexus Requirement: A "Flexible" Linkage, Michigan Law Review Dec 1984

The Rico Nexus Requirement: A "Flexible" Linkage, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

This Note argues that the RICO "nexus" requirement can be interpreted to limit effectively this overbroad use of RICO without emasculating the statute. The "nexus requirement" is generally described as defining the word "through" in section 1962(c), the provision of RICO that makes it illegal to "conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of [an] enterprise's affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity." This language establishes the necessity of proving a relationship between the enterprise and the racketeering. Once evidence of the alleged enterprise and the predicate racketeering acts has been submitted, the final element of proof must …


Truth And Hierarchy: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?, David Fraser Oct 1984

Truth And Hierarchy: Will The Circle Be Unbroken?, David Fraser

Buffalo Law Review

No abstract provided.


Consequences Of Supreme Court Decisions Upholding Individual Constitutional Rights, Jesse H. Choper Oct 1984

Consequences Of Supreme Court Decisions Upholding Individual Constitutional Rights, Jesse H. Choper

Michigan Law Review

The thrust of this Article is to attempt to ascertain just what differences the Court's judgments upholding individual constitutional rights have made for those who fall within the ambit of their protection. It seeks to address such questions as: What were the conditions that existed before the Court's ruling? How many people were subject to the regime that was invalidated by the Justices? Was the Court's mandate successfully implemented? What were the consequences for those affected? At a subjective level, were the repercussions perceived as salutary by those (or at least most of those) who were the beneficiaries of the …


Taking Needs Seriously: Observations On The Necessity For Constitutional Change, Arthur S. Miller Sep 1984

Taking Needs Seriously: Observations On The Necessity For Constitutional Change, Arthur S. Miller

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Thoughts On Decisionmaking, Patricia M. Wald Sep 1984

Thoughts On Decisionmaking, Patricia M. Wald

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Philosophical Hermeneutics: Toward An Alternative View Of Adjudication, James J. Hamula Sep 1984

Philosophical Hermeneutics: Toward An Alternative View Of Adjudication, James J. Hamula

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Response To D.A.J. Richards' Defense Of Freewheeling Constitutional Adjudication, Raoul Berger Jul 1984

A Response To D.A.J. Richards' Defense Of Freewheeling Constitutional Adjudication, Raoul Berger

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Florida Industrial Development Bond Financing Act: The Need For Judicial Consistency, Dennis Scholl, Marc D. Jimenez Apr 1984

The Florida Industrial Development Bond Financing Act: The Need For Judicial Consistency, Dennis Scholl, Marc D. Jimenez

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Revitalizing American Liberalism, David Gregory Apr 1984

Revitalizing American Liberalism, David Gregory

Buffalo Law Review

Book review of Brue Ackerman's Reconstructing American Law


Connecticut V. Johnson: Can Sandstrom Error Ever Be Harmless?, Charles A. Dorff Jr. Jan 1984

Connecticut V. Johnson: Can Sandstrom Error Ever Be Harmless?, Charles A. Dorff Jr.

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Negligent Performance Of Service Contracts And The Economic Loss Doctrine, 17 J. Marshall L. Rev. 249 (1984), Timothy L. Bertschy Jan 1984

Negligent Performance Of Service Contracts And The Economic Loss Doctrine, 17 J. Marshall L. Rev. 249 (1984), Timothy L. Bertschy

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Container Corporation Of America V. Franchise Tax Board: State Taxation Of Foreign Income And The Worldwide Combined Unitary Method: The United States Supreme Court Passes The Buck To Congress, 17 J. Marshall L. Rev. 587 (1984), Daniel Frommeyer Jan 1984

Container Corporation Of America V. Franchise Tax Board: State Taxation Of Foreign Income And The Worldwide Combined Unitary Method: The United States Supreme Court Passes The Buck To Congress, 17 J. Marshall L. Rev. 587 (1984), Daniel Frommeyer

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.


Froud V. Celotex Corp.: Rebirth Of An Adage, 17 J. Marshall L. Rev. 781 (1984), Thomas F. Londrigan Jan 1984

Froud V. Celotex Corp.: Rebirth Of An Adage, 17 J. Marshall L. Rev. 781 (1984), Thomas F. Londrigan

UIC Law Review

No abstract provided.