No. 20-6424
Tags: circuit-conflict common-purpose criminal-enterprise drug-distribution fifth-circuit legal-interpretation rico rico-statute shared-profits statutory-construction statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration LaborRelations
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration LaborRelations
Latest Conference:
2021-01-15
Related Cases:
20-6433
(Vide)
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an 'enterprise' under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared profits or a common group purpose?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Is concerted criminal activity by individuals within a group sufficient to establish an “enterprise” under RICO even if there is no evidence of shared profits or a common group purpose, and did the Fifth Circuit err in finding the existence of a structured “enterprise” based on a “common purpose” of “selling drugs” absent evidence of a centralized drug distribution chain or decision-making framework? ii
Docket Entries
2021-01-19
Petition DENIED.
2020-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/15/2021.
2020-12-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 28, 2020)
Attorneys
Deloyd Jones
Samantha Jean Kuhn — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Samantha Jean Kuhn — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent