Frasher v. Robinson’s Empirical Analysis
458 F.2d 492 · 1972
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 104
Relies on Pepper v. Litton · Costello v. United States · Comstock v. Group of Institutional Investors · Ginzburg v. United States · Spach v. Bryant
Most-quoted passages
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“Claims of majority shareholders will be subordinated when the majority shareholders have been involved in fraud, overreaching, or other inequitable conduct. Pepper v. Litton, 308 U.S. 295 , . . . However, absent inequitable conduct, bona fide claims based upon loans from majority shareholders will not be subordinated to the claims of other creditors.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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