31.   General Motors Corp. can use federal racketeering laws in its lawsuit alleging Volkswagen AG and several top executives conspired to steal trade secrets, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

32.   Similar suits using racketeering laws against priests have failed.

33.   The documents surfaced last week when Mahony was sued under federal racketeering laws for allegedly covering up past sexual abuses by priests.

34.   The Florida suit alleges violations of federal racketeering laws and claims the company is funded by illegal profits made by knowingly causing pollution.

35.   The players sought triple damages under the omnibus federal racketeering law.

36.   The racketeering law prohibits interstate and foreign travel to further federal or state crimes like bribery and extortion or to distribute their illicit proceeds.

37.   The racketeering law requires proof only that a suspect was part of an enterprise that committed a murder, not that he was the actual killer.

38.   The stock fell sharply after after a U.S. federal judge ruled GM can use federal racketeering laws in its lawsuit against VW, Lopez and several other former executives.

39.   Their power soon faded, thanks to their own inexperience, turncoats and tough new racketeering laws.

40.   They alleged that, by not stopping Eagleson, the league violated portions of the U.S. Labor-Management Relations Act and federal racketeering laws.