Grayson v. Nordic Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “a corporation’s separate legal identity is not lost merely because all of its stock is held by members of a single family or by one person”
• refusing to pierce corporate veil but holding officer personally liable under responsible corporate officer doctrine
• \[A] corporation's separate legal identity is not lost merely because all of its stock is held by members of a single family or by one person.\
• ‘‘if a corporate officer participates in wrongful conduct or with knowledge approves of the conduct, then the officer, as well as the corporation, is liable for the penalties’’
• “A corporation exists as an organization distinct from the personality of its 5 shareholders.”
• requires 8 a demonstration of an overt intention to disregard the corporate entity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Genetic Implant Systems, Inc. v. Core-Vent Corporation and Gerald A. Niznick
  Federal Circuit· 1997-08-19· cited 93×
• Keyes v. Bollinger
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1982-02-16· cited 81×
• Southern Electrical Supply Co. v. Raleigh County National Bank
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-11· cited 50×
• Truckweld Equipment Co. v. Olson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1980-07-02· cited 48×
• Robinson v. Avis Rent a Car System, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-05-07· cited 43×
• Consulting Overseas Management, Ltd. v. Shtikel
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-02-26· cited 43×
• Annechino v. Worthy
  Washington Supreme Court· 2012-10-18· cited 27×
• State v. Arlene's Flowers, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2019-06-06· cited 26×
• Blake v. Federal Way Cycle Center
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1985-05-13· cited 25×
• State v. Pacific Health Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-09-25· cited 24×
• Sandy Point Improvement Co. v. Huber
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1980-06-02· cited 23×
• Columbia Asset Recovery Group, LLC v. Kelly
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-11-04· cited 23×
• One Pacific Towers Homeowners'ass'n v. Hal Real Estate Inv.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-09-04· cited 18×
• One Pacific Towers Homeowners' Ass'n v. HAL Real Estate Investments, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-09-04· cited 18×
• Roderick Timber Co. v. Willapa Harbor Cedar Products, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-05-13· cited 17×
• St. Regis Paper Co. v. Wicklund
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-05-08· cited 15×
• State v. Lundgren
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-02-19· cited 15×
• State v. Arlene's Flowers, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2017-02-16· cited 15×
• Plowman v. Bagnal
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1994-10-19· cited 14×
• SHC v. Lu
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2002-09-16· cited 14×

Other cases named Grayson v. Nordic Construction Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Grayson v. Nordic Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-12-11· cited 9×