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Matter of Guptill Holding Corp. v. St. of N.Y

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 6, 1972
31 N.Y.2d 897 (N.Y. 1972)

Summary

declining to pierce the corporate veil because “[w]hile [defendant] clearly had complete dominion and control over the [corporation], this is not the type of case where this control was used to commit a wrong”

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Opinion

Argued November 27, 1972

Decided December 6, 1972

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, EDWARD S. CONWAY, J.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Henderson G. Riggs and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for appellant. James A. Sullivan, Jr., United States Attorney ( Karl Schmeidler, Scott P. Crampton, Meyer Rothwacks and Crombie J.D. Garrett of counsel), for intervenor-appellant.

Frank T. Mahady for respondent.


Order affirmed, without costs, on the opinion at the Appellate Division.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

Matter of Guptill Holding Corp. v. St. of N.Y

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 6, 1972
31 N.Y.2d 897 (N.Y. 1972)

declining to pierce the corporate veil because “[w]hile [defendant] clearly had complete dominion and control over the [corporation], this is not the type of case where this control was used to commit a wrong”

Summary of this case from American Federated Title Corp. v. GFI Management Services, Inc.
Case details for

Matter of Guptill Holding Corp. v. St. of N.Y

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of GUPTILL HOLDING CORPORATION, Respondent, v. STATE OF NEW…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 6, 1972

Citations

31 N.Y.2d 897 (N.Y. 1972)
340 N.Y.S.2d 638
292 N.E.2d 782

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