Legal Opinion
Elan Transdermal Ltd. v. Cygnus Therapeutic Systems
District Court, N.D. California
Decided November 17, 1992No. C-91-1413 WHOPublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
ORRICK, District Judge.
Not honesty alone, but the punctilio of an honor the most sensitive, is then the standard of behavior. As to this there has developed a tradition that is unbending and inveterate. Uncompromising rigidity has been the attitude of courts of equity when petitioned to undermine the rule of undivided loyalty by the ‘disintegrating erosion’ of particular exceptions, [cite omitted] Only thus has the level of conduct for fiduciaries been kept at a level higher than that trodden by the crowd. It will not consciously be lowered by any judgment of this court.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium A/s v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Gist-Brocades Fermentation Industries, Inc., and Gist-Brocades N. V.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by19 opinions
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