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Attorney General of Canada v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Inc.

2nd CircuitOctober 12, 2001No. Docket No. 00-7972Cited 54 times
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Case Details

Judge(s)
Calabresi, Kaplan, Katzmann
Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
Published
Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
appeal

Related Laws

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Outcome

The Second Circuit affirmed the district court's dismissal of Canada's civil RICO action, holding that the revenue rule bars foreign sovereigns from recovering lost tax revenues and tax enforcement costs under RICO, as Congress did not intend to abrogate this doctrine.

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