Sky Cable, LLC v. DirecTV, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
886 F.3d 375 · 2018
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 3 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 47 U.S.C. § 605
Relies on Salve Regina College v. Russell · Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View · BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · North Georgia Finishing, Inc. v. Di-Chem, Inc. · First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior De Cuba
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“permits a court to render an individual liable in a judgment against a business entity in which the individual has an interest, when the entity is in fact a mere instrumentality or alter ego of the individual.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[R]everse veil piercing attaches liability to the entity for a judgment against the individuals who hold an ownership interest in that entity.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“an LLC that is the alter ego of its sole member is properly before the court when the court has jurisdiction over that member.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.