I.S. JOSEPH CO., INC. v. J. LAURITZEN A/S

No. 84-5047.

751 F.2d 265 (1984)

I.S. JOSEPH COMPANY, INC., a Minnesota corporation, Appellant, v. J. LAURITZEN A/S, a Danish corporation; Scout Shipping Co., Inc., a Liberian corporation; Leif Svanberg; Partrederiet Lista, a Norwegian partnership; Partrederiet Polycrest, a Norwegian partnership; Einar Rasmussen; A/S Mosvolds Rederi, a Norwegian corporation; Tarald Glastad; Einar Fredvik; Terje Mikalsen; Erik Hellstenius; and Nordisk Skibsrederforening, a Norwegian club, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maslon, Edelman, Borman & Brand, Hyman Edelman, William Z. Pentelovitch, Lawrence M. Shapiro, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellant I.S. Joseph Co., Inc.

Bassford, Heckt, Lockhart & Mullin, P.A., William E. Mullin, Roy E. Potter, Minneapolis, Minn., for appellees.

Before ARNOLD, FAGG and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

I.S. Joseph Company, Inc. (JOSCO), appeals from the District Court's entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants (shipowners). JOSCO brought suit against shipowners under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68 (1982). Shipowners are foreign individuals and business entities. As to some of them, the District Court1

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