Beck v. Prupis

Summary

The Court held that a private plaintiff may not recover under RICO's civil-action provision for a § 1962(d) conspiracy when the injury was caused only by an overt act that was neither racketeering activity nor independently unlawful under RICO. Relying on the established common-law meaning of civil conspiracy, the Court concluded that the injury must result from an act analogous to an independently wrongful tort. The Court affirmed the judgment below.