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• Library: Federal Civil Jury Instructions for the Fifth Circuit
• Edition: 2020
• Section: Rico

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RICO

Note

A plaintiff may bring a private civil action under the provi-

sions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

(RICO), alleging a violation of Title 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a), (b), (c) or

(d). The instructions for RICO claims set out in the 2009 Pattern

Jury Instructions are not included here because the cases are so

rarely tried that there is no recent set of instructions in this circuit

the Committee viewed as sufficiently reliable to include in the

revised Instructions. For guidance, see Eleventh Circuit Pattern

Jury Instructions (Civil Cases), Civil RICO General Instruction 5.1

(2005), and 3B Kevin F. O’Malley, Jay E. Grenig & Hon. William

C. Lee, Fed. Jury Practice & Instructions §§ 161.01–161.100 (5th

ed. 2001 & Supp. 2012).

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