Boyle v. United States

Boyle v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 14, 2009 Decided June 8, 2009
Full case name	Boyle v. United States
Docket no.	07-1309
Citations	556 U.S. 938 (more) 129 S. Ct. 2237; 173 L. Ed. 2d 1265
Case history
Prior	United States v. Boyle, 283 F. App'x 825 (2d Cir. 2007)
Holding
Proof of a pattern of racketeering activity may be sufficient in a particular case to permit a jury to infer the existence of an association-in-fact enterprise.
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	Alito, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, Thomas, Ginsburg
Dissent	Stevens, joined by Breyer
Laws applied
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Boyle v. United States, 556 U.S. 938 (2009), is a decision by the United States Supreme Court involving what constitutes an "enterprise" under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO). The Court, in a 7-2 opinion, held that any group convened to carry out a crime meets the definition of an enterprise, even if it was only created for that purpose.