Alex Rothman v. Vedder Park Management

912 F.2d 315 RICO Bus.Disp.Guide 7537 Alex ROTHMAN; Morris I. Kreitzer; Thomas M. Yarmoluk, members of Friends of Royal Palms, an unincorporated association, for themselves and all other members of such association, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VEDDER PARK MANAGEMENT; William C. Schweinfurth; Royal Palms Mobile Home Park, Ltd., et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-55277. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 8, 1990. Decided Aug. 17, 1990. Howard C. Kochman, Palm Springs, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Allan L. Schare, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before HUG, BOOCHEVER and BEEZER, Circuit Judges. BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge: 1 Alex Rothman, Morris I. Kreitzer, Thomas M. Yarmoluk, and all other members of Friends of Royal Palms (collectively Rothman) appeal the district court's dismissal of their claim against Vedder Park Management, et al. (Vedder), under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. Secs. 1961-68 (1988). The district court found that Rothman failed to allege a pattern of racketeering…