THOMPSON v. PAASCHE

Nos. 89-1262, 89-1869 and 89-1870.

950 F.2d 306 (1991)

Kenneth R.M. THOMPSON, Kenneth R.M. Thompson, P.C., Kenneth R.M. Thompson, P.C. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, Kenneth R.M. Thompson, P.C. Money Purchase Plan and Trust, Walter W. Hanna, Roger R. Bruchan, Dorothy Karen Bruchan, John P. Buss, and Mary A. Buss, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. William PAASCHE, Joann Paasche, Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, Miller Brothers, a co-partnership and CEMCO, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Gaffin, Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, Grand Rapids, Mich., James R. Hermann, Michael W. Ford, David T.B. Audley, Chapman & Cutler (briefed), Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants, and cross-appellees.

Mark R. Bendure, Victor S. Valenti (briefed), Detroit, Mich., Scott S. Brinkmeyer, Mika, Meyers, Beckett & Jones (briefed), Thomas Richard Behm, Gruel, Mills, Nims & Plyman, Grand Rapids, Mich., for defendants-appellees, and cross-appellants.

William Paasche, pro se.

Before KRUPANSKY and BOGGS, Circuit Judges, and WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.


BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

This case involves an appeal and a cross-appeal of a dispute regarding the sale of land located on Lake Michigan by the defendants, William Paasche and Joann Paasche ("Paasche"), to the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs won judgments against Paasche both for common law fraud and for violating the RICO Act in the land sale.1 Paasche appeals, arguing that his actions constituted neither fraud nor a violation of RICO. We affirm...

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