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 Treasury Office in Cook County, Illinois conducts an annual auction in which the tax liens of property owners who fail to pay real estate taxes are sold to the public. Brief for Petitioner 3. The buyer of the lien must pay Cook County for any...
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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...
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Appealed from: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals
Oral argument: Apr. 26, 2006
Mohawk Industries has been accused of harboring and hiring illegal immigrants in violation of the RICO Act...
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In 2010, Respondent Vitaly Smagin, a Russian citizen residing in Russia, obtained an $84 million judgment against Petitioner Ashot Yegiazaryan in an arbitration proceeding in London. Smagin v. Yegiazaryan at 565. Smagin had alleged that Ashot committed...