a natural and commonsense result,” the Court concludes that Segal’s arguments on continuity fail. Vicom, 20 F.3d at 780. First, although the mail and wire fraud acts are generally of the same type, the sixteen enumerated acts clearly are sufficient in quantity, weighing in favor of finding continuity. Corley, 142 F.3d at 1049 (considering “the number and variety of predicate acts” as factor determining continuity) (emphasis added). Cf. Brandon Apparel Group, Inc. v. Quitman Mfg. Co., 52 F.Supp.2d 913, 919 (N.D.Ill.1999) (concluding that only three acts, two of which were wire fraud, weighed against finding a pattern). Second, the acts charged are alleged to have occurred during a seven-year period between 1995 and 2001-a time period sufficient to invoke RICO. Cf. Vicom, 20 F.3d at 780 (<HOLDING>); Midwest Grinding Co., Inc. v. Spitz, 976 F.2d
recognizing trial court should not weigh evidence holding that ninemonth period not sufficient to weigh in favor of finding closedended continuity holding that where the issue is one of arbitrability the federal presumption in favor of arbitration shifts to favor a court determination holding that not all poulis factors must weigh in favor of dismissal recognizing that a court must balance the policy in favor of hearing a litigants claims on the merits with the policy in favor of finality