RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS ACT

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Indictment and Trial

In 2003, a New York grand jury indicted Edmund Boyle and eight other men on Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ("RICO") Act conspiracy charges, claiming that they all participated in a series of bank robberies as...

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The State of New York imposes a tax on all cigarettes sold or used in the State (known as a use tax). See City of New York v. Smokes-Spirits.com, Inc., 541 F.3d 425, 432 (2nd Cir. 2007). A similar tax exists for cigarettes sold or used within New York...