enterprise-definition

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5904 Lawrence Ray v. United States Second Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP actus-reus criminal-statute enterprise-definition knowledge-requirement rico-conspiracy sex-trafficking 1. Whether, in a RICO conspiracy prosecution, 18 U.S.C. §1962(d), the government must prove the existence of a de facto enterprise that affects commer…
24-1172 Robert Sylvester Kelly v. United States Second Circuit 2025-05-15 Denied Response Waived criminal-conspiracy enterprise-definition federal-criminal-law racketeering rico-statute statutory-interpretation Whether members of an 'enterprise' under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c) must share a common illegal or fraudulent purpose
18-8741 Francisco Frank Apodaca, Jr. v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-04-09 Denied Response WaivedIFP association-in-fact corporation enterprise enterprise-definition guilty-plea individuals ineffective-assistance legal-entity rico rico-statute sentencing-error statutory-interpretation union Can a corporation or other legal entity be associated in fact with a union or one or more individuals under the 'enterprise' definition of the RICO st…