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EMPIRE MERCHANTS, LLC v. RELIABLE CHURCHILL LLLP

No. 17-0887-cv August Term 2017.

902 F.3d 132 (2018)

EMPIRE MERCHANTS, LLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, Empire Merchants North, LLC, Plaintiff, v. RELIABLE CHURCHILL LLLP, Sam Liquors Inc., Bin Luo, aka Chen, Bao Liquors Inc., Bao Xiong Zheng, aka Bao Xion Zheng, aka Bao Xing Zheng, Ting Wei, LTT Whiskey, Inc., Yi Feng Gao, Defendants-Appellees, Nileshkumar Jasbhai Patel, aka Nick Patel, Pratibha Patel, aka Panna Patel, Tech Pride of America, Inc., dba Happy 40 Liquors, dba Happy 40 Wines & Spirits, dba Happy 40 Discount Liquors, Anil Patel, Dilip C. Patel, Prakash Patel, J&R Company LLC, dba North East Liquors, Jatin B. Patel, aka Jattinkumar B. Patel, Vlamis Liquors LLC, dba Vlamis' Cut-Rate Liquors, Our Liquor, Inc., Alexander J. Lew, John Doe, Defendants Numbers 1-50, Tushar C. Patel, Ke Yao, Breakthru Beverage Group, Llc, Arlyn B. Miller, Charles Merinoff, Gregory L. Baird, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 28, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FOR PLAINTIFF-APPELLANT: CAITLIN J. HALLIGAN , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, New York, NY ( Randy M. Mastro , Matthew J. Benjamin , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, William E. Thomson , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, on the brief).

FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES: SEAN F. O'SHEA ( Helen M. Maher , on the brief), Boies, Schiller Flexner LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee Reliable Churchill LLP Ronald D. Degen , O'Rourke & Degen, PLLC, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee LTT Whiskey Inc.

Before: Pooler, Livingston, Circuit Judges, Crawford, District Judge.

This is a case about proximate cause under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. § 1961 et seq. Plaintiff-Appellant Empire Merchants, LLC ("Empire"), a distributor of alcoholic beverages, is New York State's exclusive distributor for popular brands like Johnnie...

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