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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1964. Civil remedies
(a) The district courts of the United States shall have
jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of section 1962 of
this chapter by issuing appropriate orders, including, but not
limited to: ordering any person to divest himself of any interest,
direct or indirect, in any enterprise; imposing reasonable
restrictions on the future activities or investments of any person,
including, but not limited to, prohibiting any person from engaging
in the same type of endeavor as the enterprise engaged in, the
activities of which affect interstate or foreign commerce; or
ordering dissolution or reorganization of any enterprise, making
due provision for the rights of innocent persons.
(b) The Attorney General may institute proceedings under this
section. Pending final determination thereof, the court may at any
time enter such restraining orders or prohibitions, or take such
other actions, including the acceptance of satisfactory performance
bonds, as it shall deem proper.
(c) Any person injured in his business or property by reason of a
violation of section 1962 of this chapter may sue therefor in any
appropriate United States district court and shall recover
threefold the damages he sustains and the cost of the suit,
including a reasonable attorney's fee, except that no person may
rely upon any conduct that would have been actionable as fraud in
the purchase or sale of securities to establish a violation of
section 1962. The exception contained in the preceding sentence
does not apply to an action against any person that is criminally
convicted in connection with the fraud, in which case the statute
of limitations shall start to run on the date on which the
conviction becomes final.
(d) A final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the United
States in any criminal proceeding brought by the United States
under this chapter shall estop the defendant from denying the
essential allegations of the criminal offense in any subsequent
civil proceeding brought by the United States.
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