The following excerpt is from Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Vigman, 908 F.2d 1461 (9th Cir. 1990):
To determine whether the purchaser-seller standing limitation of a 10b-5 claim also applies to a RICO claim when the RICO claim is based on acts of securities fraud, we first look to RICO's text (see United States v. Turkette, 452 U.S. 576, 580, 101 S.Ct. 2524, 2527, 69 L.Ed.2d 246 (1981)) and compare that text to Rule 10b-5.
Section 1962(a) of RICO provides:
The above passage should not be considered legal advice. Reliable answers to complex legal questions require comprehensive research memos. To learn more visit www.alexi.com.