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{{Infobox SCOTUS case
|Litigants=RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community
|ArgueDate=March 21
|ArgueYear=2016
|DecideDate=June 20
|DecideYear=2016
|FullName=RJR Nabisco, Inc., et al. v. European Community et al.
|Docket=15-138
|OpinionAnnouncement=
|USVol=579
|USPage=___
|ParallelCitations=136 S. Ct. 2090; 195 [[L. Ed. 2d]] 476
|Prior=
|Subsequent=
|Holding=A violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1962 of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act may be based on a pattern of racketeering that includes predicate offenses committed abroad, provided that each of those offenses violates a predicate statute that is itself extraterritorial. However, a private RICO plaintiff must allege and prove a domestic injury.
|Majority=Alito
|JoinMajority=Roberts, Kennedy, Thomas; Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan (Parts I, II, and III)
|Concurrence/Dissent=Ginsburg
|JoinConcurrence/Dissent=Breyer, Kagan
|Concurrence/Dissent2=Breyer
|NotParticipating=Sotomayor
|LawsApplied=
}}
'''''RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community''''', 579 U.S. ___ (2016), was a [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] case in which the Court held that the [[Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act]] has certain extraterritorial applications, but that plaintiffs must prove injuries within the United States for the Act to apply.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/21/business/international/justices-side-with-rj-reynolds-in-rico-case.html|title=Supreme Court Sides With R.J. Reynolds in RICO Case|last=Liptak|first=Adam|date=20 June 2016|work=The New York Times|accessdate=27 June 2017}}</ref> The decision received criticism in the ''[[Harvard Law Review]]'' for potentially restricting access to American courts for litigants from outside the country.<ref>{{cite journal|date=10 November 2016|title=RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community|journal=Harvard Law Review|volume=130}}</ref>
The case was brought by the [[European Union]]'s member states. [[RJR Nabisco]] (and several subsidiary organizations) were accused of engaging in cigarette smuggling and tax evasion.
==See also==
* [[List of United States Supreme Court cases]]
* [[List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 579]]
* [[List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Roberts Court]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{caselaw source
| case = ''RJR Nabisco, Inc. v. European Community'', {{ussc|579|___|2016|el=no}}
| justia =https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/579/15-138/
| oyez =https://www.oyez.org/cases/2015/15-138
| other_source1 = Supreme Court (slip opinion) (archived)
| other_url1 =https://web.archive.org/web/0/https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/15-138_5866.pdf
}}
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