Eure v. Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• placing the burden of proof on the party asserting that a court should “disregard” the separate legal identity of a corporation
• applying a mixed standard of review to determine whether to “disregard” the separate corporate natures of a parent and subsidiary entity
• finding that “different interpretations and inherent conflicts demonstrate ambiguity”
• applying this burden of proof in the context of piercing the corporate veil
• stating “on appeal we are not bound by the trial court’s interpretation of the contract provision at issue; rather, we have an equal opportunity to consider the words of the contract within the four corners of the instrument itself’
• an appellate court has ‘“an equal opportunity to consider the words of the contract within the four corners of the instrument itself”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Microstrategy, Inc. v. Business Objects, s.a.
  Federal Circuit· 2005-11-17· cited 134×
• Smith v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-06-08· cited 66×
• Scialdone v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-02-25· cited 65×
• PMA Capital Ins. Co. v. US Airways, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-03-03· cited 64×
• Mathews v. PHH Mortg. Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2012-04-20· cited 61×
• Lee County v. Town of St. Charles
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-09-13· cited 56×
• Stacy v. Stacy
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2008-12-09· cited 55×
• Rebecca Allen v. Joseph William Allen
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-08-30· cited 47×
• PBM NUTRITIONALS, LLC v. Lexington Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2012-04-20· cited 39×
• Levisa Coal Co. v. Consolidation Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-06-06· cited 39×
• UNIWEST CONST. v. Amtech Elevator Services
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-09-16· cited 37×
• Video Zone, Inc. v. KF&F Properties, L.C.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-04-23· cited 34×
• Brill v. Regent Communications, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2014-06-27· cited 28×
• Central Telephone Co. v. Sprint Communications Co. of Virginia, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 2013-04-29· cited 26×
• Copp v. Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-04-15· cited 26×
• Orthopaedic and Spine Center v. Muller Martini Manufacturing Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2013-02-19· cited 18×
• Wilkins v. Peninsula Motor Cars, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-10-31· cited 17×
• Harbour v. Suntrust Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2009-11-05· cited 12×
• Williams v. Commonwealth of Virginia Real Estate Board
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-09-14· cited 12×
• McDonald v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-06-13· cited 11×

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wilson v. Holyfield
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-03-09· cited 257×
• Fisher v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-11-18· cited 168×
• TM Delmarva Power, L.L.C. v. NCP of Virginia, L.L.C.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-01-11· cited 134×
• W. S. Carnes, Inc. v. Board of Supervisors
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-11-01· cited 90×
• Ross v. Craw
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-04-25· cited 90×
• Granite State Insurance v. Bottoms
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-02-28· cited 65×
• Beale v. Kappa Alpha Order
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-05-07· cited 62×
• Langman v. Alumni Association of the University
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 57×
• Langman v. ALUMNI ASS'N OF U. OF VA.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 52×
• Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Fireguard Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-03-03· cited 40×
• Leech v. Beasley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-12-03· cited 30×
• Smith v. Settle
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1997-09-12· cited 25×
• Kennard v. Travelers Protective Ass'n of America
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1931-09-17· cited 23×