Pedrina

OVERVIEW

Plaintiffs Leonard Wong, et al., brought this action against Defendants Han Kuk Chun, Tetsuo Yasuda, Masanori Kobayashi, Yoshinori Hayashida, Y.Y. Valley Corporation (“YYVC”), Hiroshi Kobayashi, Eugene Lum, Norma Lum, and former Mayor Frank Fasi under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-68 . Plaintiffs allege that the defendants violated § 1962(c), which prohibits any person from conducting an enterprise through a pattern of racketeering activity and § 1962(d), which prohibits any person from conspiring to violate any of the provisions of subsections (a), (b) or (c) of § 1962. The district court granted summary judgment for the defendants, and we affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1986, the Royal Hawaiian Country Club, Inc. (“RHCC”), a subsidiary of YYVC, was granted a conditional use permit (“CUP”) by the City and County of Honolulu allowing RHCC to develop a golf course on YYVC’s property. The CUP required RHCC to provide agricultural tenants who were then living on the property the opportunity to relocate. YYVC subsequently devised a relocation plan for the tenants which *1299 was approved by the city, but…