SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal seeks to reconfigure the dimensions of the pleading framework for civil actions brought under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968 (1988). Finding the district court's order of dismissal to be consonant with applicable law, we reject the plaintiffs' suggested architecture and affirm the judgment below.
I. BACKGROUND
Because this appeal arises from a dismissal...
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