So it must be with human organizations; acts of power are needed to rupture the web of constraints that have built up and to protect the open patches where small-scale experimentation can take place.
In 1984, Reagan commuted the 18-year sentence of former Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Gil Dozier, a Democrat from Baton Rouge, to the time served for violations of both the Hobbs and the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations acts.
Furthermore, he charged that in using the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations act originally intended for prosecuting organized crime figures, the prosecution was engaged in overkill.
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), U.S. federal statute targeting organized crime and white-collar crime.
The five were indicted under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which is used to fight organized crime and allows the government to seek stiffer penalties.
The civil case began with a bang, with Ms. Cohen seeking $300 million, and was filed under a civil version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, typically used against organized crime.
He noted that federal prosecutors had used the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)—originally developed to combat organized crime and corrupt unions to sue the tobacco industry for covering up the health effects of smoking.
In that example, the Department of Justice charged companies with violating the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, which was passed to fight organized crime.
The tenants' suit against Pinnacle, filed in 2007, made novel use of a law typically associated with the Mafia and other organized crime groups, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, known as RICO.
Ms. Cohen filed suit under a civil version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, a law typically employed in organized crime prosecutions.
Ms. Cohen's lawsuit, which seeks $300 million, was filed under a civil version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, or RICO, that is often used against organized crime and almost never used in divorce cases.
