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Eugene Dupont, Iii, Cross v. Southern National Bank of Houston, Texas, Trustee, Cross

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 23, 1985No. 84-2043PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This case illustrates once again the unfortunate verity that the family, although ideally a nurturer of love and affection, often succumbs to the corrosive influence of avarice and financial calculation. We chronicle today an attempt at economic filicide involving one of America’s most renowned and wealthy families — the duPonts. The partriarch of the family, Eugene duPont III, seeks through this suit to revoke an irrevocable Trust whose principal beneficiary is his son, Eugene duPont IV. According to the findings of the court below, duPont III established the Trust…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. v. Wilderness SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Charles N. Schwarz, Jr. v. Harry Folloder, Alexander Grant & CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  5. C. A. Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by66 opinions

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  3. Streber v. HunterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  4. Celestine Pierre and the Estate of James Nolan Pierre, Jr. v. Connecticut General Life Insurance Company/life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
  5. Cepelak v. Sears (In Re Sears)United States Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit · 2000

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