Legal Opinion
Western Pacific Railroad Corp. v. Western Pacific Railroad Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 6, 1953No. 150PublishedCited by 169 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
The petitioners in these causes — a corporation and some of its stockholders — seek an accounting from respondents — certain other corporations which, prior to a reorganization in 1943, were subsidiaries of the petitioning corporation. It is petitioners’ theory that respondents had unjustly enriched themselves by wrongfully appropriating a “tax loss” incurred by petitioner Western Pacific Railroad Corporation and applying it to the sole benefit of respondent Western Pacific Railroad Company.
The factual background upon which petitioners’ complaint was founded is as complicated as it is unique.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ex Parte CollettSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Textile Mills Securities Corp. v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- United States v. National City Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Independence Lead Mines Co. v. KingsburyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- Civil Aeronautics Board v. American Air Transport, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by169 opinions
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- Missouri v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,072 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Company, a Texas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Shenker v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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