DeWitt Truck Brokers v. W. Ray Flemming Fruit Co.

Citation

540 F.2d 681 (4th Cir. 1976)

Facts

Stub — to be completed.

Issue

Stub — to be completed.

Holding

Stub — to be completed.

Rule

Courts may pierce the corporate veil when (1) there is such unity of interest and ownership that separateness has ceased, and (2) adherence to the fiction of separateness would sanction fraud or promote injustice.

Significance

Frequently cited Fourth Circuit case articulating the two-prong alter ego test for piercing the corporate veil.

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