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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: 20% cert probability (95% interval 12%–31%)

Before the decision, about 4.9× 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

Subject area
Economic Activity (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, October 5, 2020 · Certiorari denied

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)