Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 1961(1)(a) 18 U.S.C. § 1961(5) 18 U.S.C. § 1961(b) 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) Supreme Court 304 U.S. 64, 78 313 U.S. 487, 496 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 490 U.S. 319, 329-330 504 U.S. 555, 560 Circuit Courts 695 F.2d 524, 527 795 F.2d 948, 954 817 F.2d 731, 732 901 F.2d 1571, 1573 918 F.2d 1538, 1540 921 F.2d 1465, 1500 931 F.2d 725, 737 19 F.3d 562, 568 53 F.3d 1228, 1235-1236 118 F.3d 1511, 1515 144 F.3d 1372, 1375 178 F.3d 1209, 1217 244 F.3d 876, 881 257 F.3d 1249, 1256 298 F.3d 1217, 1225 321 F.3d 1334, 1335 341 F.3d 1292, 1308 363 F.3d 1183, 1187 397 F.3d 1316, 1318 424 F.3d 1113, 1115 430 F.3d 1132, 1139 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 8 Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(e) Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b) 277 F. Supp. 726, 729 726 F. Supp. 832, 840