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Center for Immigration Studies v. Richard Cohen, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, No. 19-7122 · judgment April 24, 2020

Certiorari denied · October 5, 2020

Pre-decision estimate: 15% cert probability (95% interval 9%–23%)

Before the decision, about 3.5× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a petition filed soon after the judgment below, a D.C. Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Does the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”)* require a plaintiff or prosecutor claiming an “open pattern” of racketeering to allege or prove that the defendant has injured other victims or engaged in multiple schemes? * Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Pub. L. No. 91-452, 84 Stat. 941 (1970), codified at 18 U.S.C. §§1961- 1968.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Howard William Foster
Foster PC

For respondent
Chad Russell Bowman
Ballard Spahr LLP

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

Oct 05 2020
Petition DENIED.
Jul 15 2020
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
Jul 10 2020
Reply of petitioner Center for Immigration Studies filed.
Jun 30 2020
Brief of respondents Richard Cohen, et al. in opposition filed.
May 20 2020
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2020)