Court Opinion

ID: 8945429
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-27 08:20:08.567849+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:09:50.182934
License: Public Domain

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I agree that plaintiff has not alleged “a pattern of racketeering activity.” I think it is important to note, however, that we are dealing here with mail fraud. Mail fraud and wire fraud are perhaps unique among the various sorts of “racketeering activity” possible under RICO in that the existence of a multiplicity of predicate acts (here, the mailings) may be no indication of the requisite continuity of the underlying fraudulent activity. Thus, a multiplicity of mailings does not necessarily translate directly into a “pattern” of racketeering activity. It is not clear that the same analysis would be appropriate in cases involving other kinds of predicate acts (like, for example, arson).