Greenspan v. Osheroff

How courts have described this case

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

• \It is well settled that where one person sustains a fiduciary relation to another he can not acquire an interest in the subject matter of the relationship adverse to such other party.\
• because treble damages were awarded, the Virginia Supreme Court did not consider any additional arguments related to tortious interference
• “[A constructive trust] may arise from breach of a fiduciary duty as well as from actual fraud or unconscionable conduct amounting to constructive fraud.”
• fiduciary obligation arising out of employer-employee relationship and assumption of duty supported imposition of constructive trust
• \It is well settled that where one person sustains a fiduciary relation to another he can not acquire an interest in the subject matter of the relationship adverse to such other party.\
• “specific intent,” i.¢., “intent to harm the victim”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fox v. Deese
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-11-25· cited 175×
• Commercial Business Systems, Inc. v. BellSouth Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-01-13· cited 165×
• Tazewell Oil Co. v. United Virginia Bank/Crestar Bank
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-01-10· cited 100×
• Nedrich v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-04-16· cited 71×
• In Re Dameron
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-09-24· cited 67×
• Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Co. v. DePew
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-02-25· cited 37×
• Rash v. Hilb, Rogal & Hamilton Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-03-01· cited 30×
• Multi-Channel TV Cable Co. v. Charlottesville Quality Cable Operating Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-03-17· cited 22×
• John D. Semida v. Thomas R. Rice, Arab Essa Haid
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-12-20· cited 19×
• Old Republic National Title Insurance v. Tyler (In Re Dameron)
  E.D. Virginia· 1997-02-06· cited 16×
• Petra International Banking Corp. v. First American Bank
  E.D. Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 15×
• McClung v. Smith
  E.D. Virginia· 1994-12-20· cited 7×
• Haley, Chisholm & Morris, Inc. v. Parrish
  W.D. Virginia· 1991-05-10· cited 7×
• Alan J. Zuccari, Inc. v. Adams
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1997-04-10· cited 3×
• Nida v. Business Advisory Systems, Inc.
  Winchester County Circuit Court· 1998-03-02· cited 3×
• Hiers v. Cave Hill Corp.
  Rockingham County Circuit Court· 2000-01-06· cited 3×
• Bates v. Cekada
  E.D. Virginia· 1990-02-15· cited 3×
• Old Republic National Title Insurance v. Tyler
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-09-24· cited 2×
• Johnson v. Plaisance
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 1991-10-04· cited 2×
• Government Technology Services, Inc. v. IntelliSys Technology Corp.
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1999-10-20· cited 2×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Leonard v. Counts
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-11-26· cited 86×
• Horne v. Holley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-11-12· cited 66×
• Porter v. Shaffer
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1926-05-27· cited 31×
• Sutton v. Sutton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1952-09-10· cited 16×
• Crounse v. Crounse
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-11-28· cited 5×
• Hastings v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-04-22· cited 4×