Corporate racketeering groups
Quinones-Santiago v. United States
In brief
- Where it stands
- Dismissed
Petition denied.
- What it’s about
- Luis H. Quinones-Santiago asked the Supreme Court to review whether federal racketeering law lets the government treat corporate and noncorporate entities not named as defendants as one enterprise, and when it may do so.
- Who it affects
- Quinones-Santiago did not get Supreme Court review, and the Court made no ruling on the racketeering question.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court refused to hear his case (denied review), so it did not decide that question.
The dispute concerns when federal racketeering law treats corporate and noncorporate entities as one enterprise under 18 U.S.C. §1961.
Question presented
1. WHETHER TURKETTE ’S “SEPARATENESS” DOCTRINE - INTERPRETING 18 U.S.C. §1961 - APPLIES TO AN “ASSOCIATION IN FACT” ENTERPRISE CONSISTING OF CORPORATE AND NON CORPORATE ENTITIES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN NAMED AS DEFENDANTS? 2. WHEN MAY THE GOVERNMENT ALLEGE THAT THEY ARE ONE AND THE SAME?
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