Wilcox v. Precision Parachute Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on International Shoe Co. v. Washington · Stuart v. Spademan · Behagen v. Amateur Basketball Ass'n · Rambo v. American Southern Insurance · Lakota Girl Scout Council, Inc. v. Havey Fund-Raising Management, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“If the person’s control over the corporation is such that the corporation is really acting as his agent in doing the acts giving rise to the suit, then he can be reached through the long-arm statute even though he personally had no contact with the forum state. The courts speak in terms of “piercing the corporate veil” or the “alter ego” doctrine in discussing the susceptibility of individuals to long-arm jurisdiction. Not all cases treat the question in terms of those doctrines drawn from corporation law, however, (footnotes omitted.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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