Estate of Raleigh v. Mitchell

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 District of Columbia follows the American Rule
• holding property ownership insufficient to establish as alter ego
• noting consideration of whether the corporation has been used fraudulently “to protect personal business”
• affirming the trial court’s denial of the trustee’s motion for substitution where twenty-nine months elapsed before the real party in interest sought substitution and was on notice about a potential issue with the proper plaintiff
• noting an “exception” to the general rule that each litigant must bear its own attorneys’ fees and costs “arises when the parties by contract agree that one or the other shall pay such fees and costs”
• undercapitalization can be important to a court’s determination whether to pierce the corporate veil

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).