Legal Opinion
Myron Ash, as Trustee of the J & W Corporation Liquidating Trust, Cross-Appellee v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation, Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 27, 1992No. 90-3081, 90-3177PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Before moving to Florida, Myron Ash hired Donald Wallenmeyer to run J & W Corporation, a motor common carrier based in Chicago. Wallenmeyer was an expert in the trucking business — expert enough to avoid detection for two years while diverting payments to his own shell corporation. Wallenmeyer arranged for J & W to furnish transportation to Georgia-Pacific Corporation, one of its principal clients, at less than Georgia-Pacific would have paid had Wallenmeyer filed the tariffs as he was supposed to do. This made Georgia-Pacific’s transportation buyers look savvy; in…
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