· 5/5/1997
BCCI Holdings (Luxembourg), S.A. v. Clifford
Citations
- 964 F. Supp. 468
- 1997 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7205
- 1997 WL 276055
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that “the adverse interest exception applies only to fraud against the corporation, not to fraud on behalf of the corporation”
- declining to impute to bank knowledge of officers who allegedly colluded with other “corrupt” bank officers and operated complex financial scheme leading to bank’s financial collapse
- ―Because a corporation operates through individuals, the privity and knowledge of individuals at a certain level of responsibility must be deemed the privity and knowledge of the organization.‖
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Judges: Joyce Hens Green
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