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982442P.pdf   08/20/1999  Vickie Fogie  v.  Thorn Americas, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  98-2442
                          and No:  98-2447
   District of Minnesota   
   Civil case - Consumer law. In action challenging rent-to-own 
   contracts as usurious under Minnesota law, plaintiffs lacked 
   standing to bring RICO claims and failed to establish that the 
   defendants, who are all part of one corporate family, were 
   sufficiently distinct for RICO or conspiracy purposes; remedy 
   order awarding $29 million in damages and refunds affirmed, with 
   exception of creation of a cy pres fund.