Harvey v. Leonard

How courts have described this case

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

• stating district courts have wide latitude in deciding whether to remove a trustee and “have consistently declined to so do unless such action is in the best interests of the trust and its beneficiaries”
• claim for breach of fiduciary duty is subject to five-year statute of limitations
• punitive damages may not be awarded unless compensatory damages are appropriate
• punitive damages may not be awarded unless compensatory damages are appropriate
• “It is a well established doctrine of trust law that trustees have a duty of loyalty to the trust they are administering and to its beneficiaries, and must act in good faith in all actions affecting the trust.”
• discussing the rule, then numbered 335

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).