21 Cited authorities

United States v. Bestfoods
524 U.S. 51 (1998) Cited 1,414 times 22 Legal Analyses
Holding that ownership and control is insufficient to demonstrate an alter-ego relationship
First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior de Cuba
462 U.S. 611 (1983) Cited 544 times 1 Legal Analyses
Holding that the instrumentality was the alter ego of the sovereign, and refusing to give effect to the instrumentality's separate juridical status
Morris v. Dept. of Taxation
82 N.Y.2d 135 (N.Y. 1993) Cited 1,417 times 4 Legal Analyses
Holding that "piercing the corporate veil requires a showing that: the owners exercised complete domination of the corporation in respect to the transaction attacked; and that such domination was used to commit a fraud or wrong against the plaintiff which resulted in plaintiff's injury."
Broussard v. Meineke Discount Muffler Shops
155 F.3d 331 (4th Cir. 1998) Cited 714 times 11 Legal Analyses
Holding that class certification was improper because "plaintiffs simply cannot advance a single collective breach of contract action on the basis of multiple different contracts" when there are "manifest conflicts of interest" in their claimed recovery
Winters v. Fru-Con
498 F.3d 734 (7th Cir. 2007) Cited 285 times
Affirming denial of belated request to seek punitive damages that would affect "discovery and trial strategy"
Marzano v. Computer Science Corp. Inc.
91 F.3d 497 (3d Cir. 1996) Cited 307 times
Holding a plaintiff must "demonstrate ... that factual scenario is compatible with discriminatory intent"
Billy v. Consolidated Mach
51 N.Y.2d 152 (N.Y. 1980) Cited 367 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding that fact that employer of plaintiff's fatally injured decedent was a wholly-owned subsidiary was insufficient in itself to support imposition of liability upon parent corporation for acts of subsidiary; liability required allegation that parent exercised necessary control over subsidiary
Port Chester Elec. v. Atlas
40 N.Y.2d 652 (N.Y. 1976) Cited 380 times
Holding that action would be considered a special proceeding as to fraudulent transferees where plaintiff sued contract debtor as well as fraudulent transferees in plenary action
Eure v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp.
263 Va. 624 (Va. 2002) Cited 136 times
Assigning weight to unrefuted testimony when resolving an ambiguous contract
Murray v. Miner
74 F.3d 402 (2d Cir. 1996) Cited 162 times
Holding for the single employer policy to apply "the two entities must constitute a single employer at the time the unlawful act was committed."

Mary Finerty, Individually and as the Executor of the Estate of Ramond Finerty, Respondents,v.Abex Corporation, Formerly Known as American Brake Shoe Company, et al., Defendants, Ford Motor Company, Appellant. (And Another Action.)

21 Cited authorities

Holding that ownership and control is insufficient to demonstrate an alter-ego relationship

Holding that the instrumentality was the alter ego of the sovereign, and refusing to give effect to the instrumentality's separate juridical status

Holding that "piercing the corporate veil requires a showing that: the owners exercised complete domination of the corporation in respect to the transaction attacked; and that such domination was used to commit a fraud or wrong against the plaintiff which resulted in plaintiff's injury."

Holding that class certification was improper because "plaintiffs simply cannot advance a single collective breach of contract action on the basis of multiple different contracts" when there are "manifest conflicts of interest" in their claimed recovery

Affirming denial of belated request to seek punitive damages that would affect "discovery and trial strategy"

Holding a plaintiff must "demonstrate ... that factual scenario is compatible with discriminatory intent"

Holding that fact that employer of plaintiff's fatally injured decedent was a wholly-owned subsidiary was insufficient in itself to support imposition of liability upon parent corporation for acts of subsidiary; liability required allegation that parent exercised necessary control over subsidiary

Holding that action would be considered a special proceeding as to fraudulent transferees where plaintiff sued contract debtor as well as fraudulent transferees in plenary action

Assigning weight to unrefuted testimony when resolving an ambiguous contract

Holding for the single employer policy to apply "the two entities must constitute a single employer at the time the unlawful act was committed."