Orion Tire Corporation v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Inc.

268 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2001) ORION TIRE CORPORATION, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION; CHINA TIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED, A BERMUDA CORPORATION, PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS, v. GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, INC.; GOODYEAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES. No. 99-56639 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT Argued and Submitted February 12, 2001 Filed: October 18, 2001 Roger E. Zuckerman, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, Washington, D.C., Peter J. McNulty, Law Offices of Peter J. McNulty, Bel Air, CA, Fred M. Isaacs, Follansbee & Associates, Wilsonville, OR, for the plaintiffs-appellants. Charles A. Gilman, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York, New York and David T. Biderman, Perkins Coie, Santa Monica, California, for the defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; David O. Carter, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-95-00221-DOC. Before: Beezer, T.G. Nelson and Berzon, Circuit Judges. Berzon, Circuit Judge: 1 Orion Tire Corp. ("Orion") and China Tire Holdings Ltd. ("CTHL") appeal the district court's (i) dismissal of CTHL's RICO claim for failure to state a claim under…