Legal Opinion
Port Chester Electrical Construction Corp. v. Atlas
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 26, 1976PublishedCited by 267 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJasen, J.
Until his death in July, 1973, the late Sol G. Atlas was actively engaged in the acquisition and development of real property. Atlas organized his various ownership and construction ventures into a complex network of separate corporations in which he had both a controlling interest and an active leadership role. This case involves the efforts of an independent subcontractor on an Atlas project to collect a money judgment it obtained against an Atlas controlled general contractor. Since the general contractor was virtually judgment proof due to certain financial manipulations, the…
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