No. 19-695

Dean Browning Webb, et al. v. Deere Credit, Inc., et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-12-02
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: beck beck-v-prupis civil-liability civil-rico co-conspirator-liability conspiracy-law mediate-causation pinkerton-doctrine procedural-sanctions rico-1962-d salinas salinas-v-united-states
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Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the Pinkerton Doctrine, Salinas v. United States, and Beck v. Prupis apply to the imposition of civil RICO § 1962(d) co-conspirator liability?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Pinkerton, Salinas, Beck, and mediate causation: Does the Pinkerton Doctrine, Pinkerton v. United States, 328 U.S. 640, 647, 66 S.Ct. 1180, 90 L. Ed. 1489 (1946), Salinas v. United States, 522 U.S. 52, 65 118 S. Ct. 469, 189 L. Ed. 2d 352 (1997), Beck v. Prupis, 529 U.S. 494 (2000), and the concept of mediate causation apply to the imposition of civil RICO § 1962(d) co-conspiratorial liability in this case? Should the Petitioners’ allegations against RICO § 1962(d) co-conspirators be ascribed to the Deere Respondents RICO § 1962(d) co-conspirators predicated upon the allegations of the Second Amended Complaint? When a court does not afford the sanctioned party the additional procedural protections required to impose punitive sanctions, is the court required to tailor the amount of the sanction to the harm directly caused by the sanctionable conduct, as is required for the imposition of compensatory sanctions?

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-15
Waiver of right of respondents Deer & Company, Deere Credit, Inc. et al. to respond filed.
2019-12-13
Waiver of right of respondent T16 Management Co., Ltd., et al. to respond filed.
2019-11-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 2, 2020)
2019-10-03
Application (19A369) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until December 2, 2019.
2019-09-23
Application (19A369) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 3, 2019 to December 2, 2019, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Cervantes Orchards & Vineyards, LLC,, et al.
Dean Browning WebbDean Browning Webb, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Petitioner
Deer & Company, Deere Credit, Inc. et al.
John S. Devlin IIILane Powell, Respondent
T16 Management Co., Ltd., and Gary and Linda Johnson
Aaron D. GoforthDavidson Backman Medeiros, Attorneyl At Law, Respondent