· 12/14/1990
Eric C. Rajala, Trustee in Bankruptcy for General Poly Corporation, and Cross-Appellant v. Allied Corporation, and Cross-Appellee
Citations
- 919 F.2d 610
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that mere fact that one party had “superior knowledge” regarding a particular component of a transaction was “not sufficient to give rise to a fiduciary obligation”
- delineating instances in which a fiduciary relationship is specifically created by contract or formal legal proceeding
- finding parties’ “unique” joint business arrangement to develop a new high-density film did not give rise to fiduciary duties absent evidence of conscious assumption — the sine qua non of the plaintiff’s claim
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Judges: Holloway, Seymour, Ebel
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