instrumentality rule
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 306 U.S. 307 - Taylor v. Standard Gas & Electric Co. · 1939Most cited · 768 citing opinions
It is not, properly speaking, a rule, but a convenient way of designating the application, in particular circumstances, of the broader equitable principle that the doctrine of corporate entity, recognized generally and for most purposes, will not be regarded when so to do would work fraud or injustice.
How often courts cite the case defining “instrumentality rule”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “instrumentality rule” — 762 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.