HOFFMAN

v.

CITY OF TROY, MICHIGAN

Citator

Cited By (12 total)

• Browning v. Stephen J. Kramer, M.D., 931 F.2d 340 (5th Cir. 1991)
  …ense incurred in work reasonably done to meet any and all meritless claims and actions should be detailed for the trial court. See Atwood v. Union Carbide Corp., 847 F. 2d 278, 281-82, on rehearing, 850 F. 2d 1093, 1094 (5th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1079, 109 S.Ct. 1531, 103 L.Ed.2d 836 (1989). Other fees and costs covered by § 1927 which are attributable solely to courtroom behavior covered by the statute and known to the district court may also be determined on the basis outlined above, or on the…
• Calcasieu Marine Nat'l Bank v. Grant, 943 F.2d 1453 (5th Cir. 1991)
  …S.C. §§ 1962(a)-(d).1 Common elements are present in all four offenses. Ocean Energy II v. Alexander & Alexander, Inc., 868 F. 2d 740, 742 (5th Cir.1989); Delta Truck & Tractor, Inc. v. J.I. Case Co., 855 F. 2d 241, 242 (5th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1079, 109 S.Ct. 1531, 103 L.Ed.2d 836. “Reduced to its three essentials, a civil RICO claim must involve: (1) a person who engages in (2) a pattern of racketeering activity, (3) connected to the acquisition, establishment, conduct, or control of an enter…
• Parker & Parsley Petroleum Co. v. Dresser Indus., 972 F.2d 580 (5th Cir. 1992)
  …tity separate and apart from the actual pattern of racketeering, see, e.g., Old Time Enters. v. International Coffee Corp., 862 F. 2d 1213, 1217 (5th Cir.1989); Delta Truck & Tractor v. J.I. Case Co., 855 F. 2d 241, 243 (5th Cir.1988), cert. denied, 489 U.S. 1079, 109 S.Ct. 1531, 103 L.Ed.2d 836 (1989), or is the defendant corporate entity functioning through its employees in the course of their employment. See Old Time Enters., 862 F. 2d at 1217; see also Atkinson, 808 F. 2d at 441. Because neither of these…