Religious Technology Center v. Wollersheim

discussing, in depth, the legislative history of § 1964 and concluding “that Congress did not intend to give private civil RICO plaintiffs access to equitable remedies” | “the treble damages remedy is a potent weapon, [which] necessarily assumes that economic injury has occurred” | held that the trial court correctly admitted statistical evidence that only 12% of the male population shared the defendant’s seminal characteristics | equitable relief unavailable under RICO