Legal Opinion

Klein v. Cornelius

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided May 27, 2015No. 14-4024PublishedCited by 90 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYMKOVICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the court-appointed receiver for Winsome Investment Trust, a business entity whose founder, Robert J. Andres, caused it to illegally distribute funds as part of a Ponzi scheme. The court found that Andres had fraudulently transferred funds from Winsome to William T. Cornelius and his law firm, Cornelius & Salhab, and that the receiver could recover these funds on Winsome’s behalf under the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act (UFTA). Cornelius, who was unaware of the fraud, raises several challenges…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De GuineeSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Omni Capital International, Ltd. v. Rudolf Wolff & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Peacock v. ThomasSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  5. Caplin v. Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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3Cited by90 opinions

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