Legal Opinion
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland v. Usaform Hail Pool, Inc., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 20, 1975No. 74-1492PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This is the third appeal of this case. First, we held that representatives of individuals and companies doing business with various corporations in a corporate complex controlled by one dominant shareholder could not maintain an action as third party beneficiaries on a fidelity bond insuring those corporations. American Empire Insurance Co. of South Dakota v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland, 5 Cir. 1969, 408 F.2d 72. This litigation focuses on the collapse of that corporate complex. In the second appeal we held that even though it was clear that the dominant…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Klapprott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Geddes v. Anaconda Copper Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Hill v. HawesSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- John Curtis Smith, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. Jackson Tool & Die, Inc., Defendants-Appellees-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by75 opinions
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- R.E. Rodgers and Barbara Rodgers v. James G. Watt, Secretary of the Interior of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Wayne Paul Burkett v. Richard Cunningham, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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