Bourgeois v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• corporate officer cannot avoid penal responsibility for acts done by instrumentality which he employs, directs, and dominates
• “[W]here an accused has perpetrated similar frauds and by false representation obtained valuable consideration, evidence of such acts has been held to be admissible as bearing on fraudulent intent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Angela Maye Holt v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-04-12· cited 158×
• Sayed Omargharib v. Eric Holder, Jr.
  Fourth Circuit· 2014-12-23· cited 84×
• Carter v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-06-10· cited 51×
• Greenberg v. Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney General
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-04-17· cited 39×
• Austin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-04-10· cited 34×
• Henderson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-10-06· cited 29×
• Patterson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1986-09-02· cited 28×
• Mughrabi v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-06· cited 25×
• Miller v. State
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1987-02-13· cited 23×
• Cunningham v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1978-10-06· cited 20×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-10-05· cited 19×
• Traish v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-07-10· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. Miller v. Santa Rosa Sales & Marketing
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-09-18· cited 18×
• Doyle v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-09-11· cited 12×
• Branin v. TMC Enterprises, LLC
  W.D. Virginia· 2011-06-03· cited 12×
• Sult v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-03-06· cited 9×
• State v. Childers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1992-03-05· cited 8×
• Mosteller v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-06-12· cited 7×
• Reigert v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-10-07· cited 7×
• Rooney v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1998-06-30· cited 6×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kirkpatrick v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-10-12· cited 256×
• Bateman v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-11-30· cited 51×
• Hubbard v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-06-22· cited 38×
• Crall & Ostrander v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1905-01-26· cited 23×
• Carolene Products Co. v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1944-01-10· cited 22×
• State v. Thomas
  Washington Supreme Court· 1923-01-25· cited 21×
• Page v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-06-16· cited 8×
• Hagy v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-03-11· cited 5×
• Revell v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1975-04-28· cited 4×
• State v. Picheco
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1964-06-02· cited 4×