U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1997

Dennis Lee v. AR Farm Bureau Fed.

Dennis Lee v. AR Farm Bureau Fed.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · Decided February 6, 1997

Dennis Lee v. AR Farm Bureau Fed.

Opinion

___________ No. 96-2058 ___________ Dennis Lee, and all other * automobile insurance policy * holders/members of Arkansas * Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance * Company of Arkansas, Inc., and * Southern Farm Bureau Casualty * Insurance Company, * * Plaintiff/Appellant, * * Arkansas Farm Bureau Mutual * Insurance Company of Arkansas, * Inc., Members/Holders of Auto- * mobile Insurance Policies; * Southern Farm Bureau Casualty * Insurance Company, Members/ * Holders of Automobile Insurance * Policies, * * Plaintiffs, * * v. * * Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation,* An Incorporated Entity or, * Alternatively, AR Farm Bureau * Federation, An Unincorporated * Association - Andrew Whisenhunt,* * Defendant/Appellee. * ___________ Appeals from the United States District Court for the No. 96-2180 Western District of Arkansas. ___________ [UNPUBLISHED] Dennis Lee, and all other * automobile insurance policy * holders/members of Arkansas * Farm Bureau Insurance Company * of Arkansas, Inc., and Southern * Farm Bureau; * * Plaintiff/Appellee, * * Arkansas Farm Bureau Mutual * Insurance Company of Arkansas, * Inc., Members/Holders of Auto- * mobile Insurance Policies; * Southern Farm Bureau Casualty * Insurance Company, Members/ * Holders of Automobile Insurance * Policies, * * Plaintiffs, * * v. * * Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation,* An Incorporated Entity or, * Alternatively, AR Farm Bureau * Federation, An Unincorporated * Association - Andrew Whisenhunt,* * Defendant/Appellant. * ___________ Submitted: January 15, 1997 Filed: February 6, 1997 ___________ Before BOWMAN, MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and JONES,1 District Judge.

___________ PER CURIAM.

Appellant brought this action with allegations Appellee committed violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. § 1962(a),(c), and (d) in the operation of the Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation. The district court granted summary judgment to Appellee. After a careful review of the record and the parties’ briefs, we conclude the judgment of the district court was correct. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. The Cross-Appeal is dismissed as moot.

A true copy.

Attest: CLERK, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS, EIGHTH CIRCUIT.

The HONORABLE JOHN B. JONES, United States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, sitting by designation.

The Honorable Harry F. Barnes, United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, El Dorado Division.

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