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Canyon County v. Syngenta Seeds, Inc., No. 06-35112
In a case involving an Idaho county's attempt to recover, from
defendants, damages under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act (RICO) for additional monies it claimed to have
expended on public health care and law enforcement services for
undocumented immigrants, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed as
the county lacked statutory standing for the RICO claims where: 1)
county failed to allege that it was injured in its business or
property; and 2) with respect to almost all of defendants' alleged
RICO violations, county could not show that its claimed injuries
were proximately caused by defendants' conduct.
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