Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corp.

Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corporation
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 27, 2006 Decided June 5, 2006
Full case name	Joseph Anza, et al., Petitioners v. Ideal Steel Supply Corporation
Docket no.	04-433
Citations	547 U.S. 451 (more) 126 S. Ct. 1991; 164 L. Ed. 2d 720; 2006 U.S. LEXIS 4510; 74 U.S.L.W. 4278; 19 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 218
Case history
Prior	United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Holding
The plaintiff lacks standing because it was not directly injured by the defendant.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Antonin Scalia Anthony Kennedy · David Souter Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito
Case opinions
Majority	Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Stevens, Scalia, Souter, Ginsburg, Alito; Thomas (Part III)
Concurrence	Scalia
Concur/dissent	Thomas
Concur/dissent	Breyer
Laws applied
18 U.S.C. 1964(c), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Anza v. Ideal Steel Supply Corporation, 547 U.S. 451 (2006), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court, relying on Holmes v. Securities Investor Protection Corporation, held that to establish standing under the civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) provision that creates a civil cause of action for any person or entity injured in their business or property by reason of a RICO violation, a plaintiff must demonstrate that he or she was the direct victim of the defendant's RICO violation (e.g., a business may not sue a competitor that may have gained a competitive advantage by not paying taxes). The Court explained that this construction will save district courts from the difficulty of determining an indirect victim's damages caused by attenuated conduct.