Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King

Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 18, 2001 Decided June 11, 2001
Full case name	Cedric Kushner Promotions, Limited v. Don King, et al.
Citations	533 U.S. 158 (more) 121 S. Ct. 2087; 150 L. Ed. 2d 198
Case history
Prior	Complaint dismissed, 1999 WL 771366 (S.D.N.Y., 1999); affirmed, 219 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. 2000)
Holding
Don King and his corporation are a distinct "person" and "enterprise," allowing Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act to apply.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Breyer, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act

Cedric Kushner Promotions, Ltd. v. King, 533 U.S. 158 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case concerning the extent to which the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) applied to certain types of corporation-individual organizations. In this case, the Court decided unanimously to apply it to respondent Don King.