Authorities Cited: United States Code 18 U.S.C. § 8 18 U.S.C. § 1961 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) 18 U.S.C. § 1964(c) 28 U.S.C. § 2072(b) Supreme Court 3 U.S. 143, 156 13 U.S. 224 417 U.S. 156 473 U.S. 479, 496 503 U.S. 258, 268 528 U.S. 549, 553-554 529 U.S. 120, 122 544 U.S. 336, 341 Circuit Courts 94 F. 6 479 F.2d 1005, 1008-1019 482 F.2d 880, 882 500 F.2d 86, 90 879 F.2d 1290, 1300 904 F.2d 1301, 1305-1306 965 F.2d 783, 785 983 F.2d 1295, 1305 17 F.3d 608, 612 19 F.3d 70, 77 20 F.3d 165, 169-170 22 F.3d 408, 420 24 F.3d 145, 162-163 27 F.3d 763, 767-770 57 F.3d 176, 189-190 84 F.3d 734, 745 114 F.3d 1410, 1425 126 F.3d 17 154 F.3d 56, 60 208 F.3d 288, 295-296 216 F.3d 1236, 1243 259 F.3d 154 267 F.3d 147, 168 271 F.3d 374, 380 280 F.3d 124, 140 281 F.3d 1350, 1362-1364 296 F.3d 76, 89 306 F.3d 1247, 1214-1253 319 F.3d 205, 220 348 F.3d 417, 435 379 F.3d 654, 665-666 382 F.3d 1241 461 F.3d 219, 225-227 471 F.3d 24, 27-43 479 F.3d 383, 392 493 F.3d 87, 106-107 502 F.3d 91, 107 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(3) Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(f) 333 F. Supp. 278, 289 449 F. Supp. 2d 1, 27-438 449 F. Supp. 2d 992 651 F. Supp. 1410, 1411-1412

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