Rupert
Rupert v. Bond
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Freeman, J.
ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO DISMISS; DENYING DEFENDANTS GILE R. DOWNES AND SCHULTE, ANDERSON, DOWNES, ARONSON & BITTNER, P.C.’S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS
This case involves a family dispute over the Rupert siblings’ inheritance rights under their parents’ wills and trusts. Plaintiff William Trick Rupert brings this Second Amended Compliant (“SAC”) against a number of Defendants, including two of his siblings, several attorneys, and three law firms, alleging claims under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”) Act, the Oregon RICO Act (“ORICO”), and common law claims for conversion and intentional interference with expected inheritance, arising out of a family dispute regarding the disbursement of his parents’ trust assets. The Defendants 1 can be divided into four groups: (1) the “Sibling Defendants,” including Plaintiffs sister, Susan Bond, and brother, James Rupert; (2) the “Downes Defen-' dants,” including attorney Gile Downes and his law firm, Schulte, Anderson, Downes, Aronson & Bittner, P.C.; (3) the “Zusman Defendants,” including attorney *1149 Edward Zusman and his law firm, Markun Zusman & Compton, LLC; and (4) the “Cartwright…