Collection of an unlawful debt (§ 1961(6)) — alternative to pattern of racketeering activity

OR · 18usc1962:debt

Unlike `pattern`, collection of an unlawful debt requires only a single collection of a debt arising from illegal gambling or usurious lending at >= 2x the enforceable rate (e.g. tribal payday lending cases such as Gibbs v. Haynes Invs.).

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collection of unlawful debt
Source: docroot/ir/usc/title18.jsonl#title18_sec1962; Unicode character offsets [1867:1894] (end exclusive); SHA-256 6caae47f43b5ab0899b660616e298363bd36f9f540d915c2be11eb7126f5e27d.
collection of an unlawful debt
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collection of an unlawful debt
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§ 1964(c) (creating a private right of action, in federal district court, for "[a]ny person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962 of this chapter").

/f-supp-3d/380/1031-01

§ 1964(c) (creating a private right of action, in federal district court, for "[a]ny person injured in his business or property by reason of a violation of section 1962 of this chapter").
Source: docroot/ir/caselaw/f_supp_3d_380.jsonl#/f-supp-3d/380/1031-01; Unicode character offsets [30068:30255] (end exclusive); SHA-256 88790a7a2b5207a13a0f41f4c5ea2fabac24d184e2e85a099b48bcb84714b89c.

Unlike `pattern`, collection of an unlawful debt requires only a single collection of a debt arising from illegal gambling or usurious lending at >= 2x the enforceable rate (e.g. tribal payday lending cases such as Gibbs v. Haynes Invs.).