Opinion ID: 158728
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Heading: 18 U.S.C. 1962(d) Claims

Text: 45 BOMC further claims the Title Companies violated 18 U.S.C. 1962(d) (Supp. 1999), which makes it unlawful for any person to conspire to violate 18 U.S.C. 1962(a), (b), or (c). The Title Companies moved for summary judgment, arguing BOMC's conspiracy claims fail because its substantive RICO claims are deficient. 46 A conspiracy claim under 18 U.S.C. 1962(d) fails when the substantive claim based on 1962(c) is without merit. Edwards v. First Nat'l Bank, Bartlesville, Okla., 872 F.2d 347, 352 (10th Cir. 1989). Because we have determined BOMC's 1962(c) claims are without merit, its conspiracy claims under 1962(d) also fail.