Maritrans GP Inc. v. Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that attorneys may be civilly liable for engaging in conduct, such as conflicts of interest, that violates their fiduciary duties to their clients
• collecting cases from state courts in Florida, Minnesota, New York, and California and federal courts in the District of Columbia
• stressing the difference between duties under rules of professional conduct and substantive liability standards
• “Courts have also allowed civil actions for damages for an attorney’s breach of his fiduciary duties by engaging in conflicts of interest.” (citing cases)
• “a fiduciary who breaches his duty of loyalty to his principal is liable to his principle, and an injunction is a proper remedy for the breach”
• “[W]e [have] declared it ‘essential’ that the ‘activity sought to be restrained is actionable.’ Activity is actionable if it constitutes breach of a duty imposed by statute or by common law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• W. Channing Nicholas, M.D. v. Pennsylvania State University
  Third Circuit· 2000-09-13· cited 405×
• Etoll, Inc. v. Elias/Savion Advertising, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-08· cited 381×
• ACUMED LLC v. Advanced Surgical Services, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 2009-03-20· cited 337×
• Summit Towne Centre, Inc. v. Shoe Show of Rocky Mount, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-21· cited 214×
• Gorski v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-10-30· cited 128×
• Mikhail v. Kahn
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2014-01-13· cited 114×
• John J. Heffernan v. Robert W. Hunter, Prisoner Cv9408 Bochetto & Lentz, P.C. George Bochetto, Esq
  Third Circuit· 1999-08-26· cited 108×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2004-08-24· cited 105×
• Arrowpoint Capital Corp. v. Arrowpoint Asset Management, LLC
  Third Circuit· 2015-07-16· cited 93×
• Estate of Pew
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-12-28· cited 63×
• Commonwealth Insurance v. Graphix Hot Line, Inc.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1992-10-02· cited 52×
• Kilpatrick v. Wiley, Rein & Fielding
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1996-01-05· cited 50×
• Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board v. City Council of Philadelphia
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-08-03· cited 44×
• Kirschner v. K & L Gates LLP
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-05-14· cited 41×
• Fiorentino v. Rapoport
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-03-20· cited 40×
• Yocum v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-25· cited 37×
• Synthes USA Sales, LLC v. Harrison
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-12-24· cited 36×
• Bevan Ex Rel. Bevan v. Fix
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 2002-03-21· cited 33×
• Est. of Robert H. Agnew v. Ross, D.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-01-19· cited 33×
• Paul S. Damron v. Vern Herzog, Jr.
  Ninth Circuit· 1995-09-26· cited 32×

Cites

45 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Woods v. City Nat. Bank & Trust Co. of Chicago
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-10· cited 359×
• T. C. Theatre Corp. v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1953-05-25· cited 352×
• Alfred B. Freeman v. Chicago Musical Instrument Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-11-09· cited 277×
• Silver Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. v. Chrysler Motors Corporation and Chrysler Realty Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1975-05-23· cited 225×
• Adler, Barish, Daniels, Levin & Creskoff v. Epstein
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 223×
• Rizzo v. Haines
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 222×
• John G. Bryant Co. v. Sling Testing & Repair, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 158×
• The Nck Organization Ltd. And William E. Greene, Jr. v. Walter W. Bregman
  Second Circuit· 1976-09-07· cited 133×
• Financial General Bankshares, Inc. v. Eugene J. Metzger, Financial General Bankshares, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Eugene J. Metzger
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-05-18· cited 125×
• Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission v. Process Gas Consumers Group
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-08-23· cited 119×
• Albee Homes, Inc. v. Caddie Homes, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-03-16· cited 114×
• Novo Terapeutisk Laboratorium A/s v. Baxter Travenol Laboratories, Inc., Gist-Brocades Fermentation Industries, Inc., and Gist-Brocades N. V.
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-08-16· cited 104×
• Gas-A-Tron of Arizona and Coinoco v. Union Oil Company of California, Petrol Stops Northwest v. Continental Oil Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-04-29· cited 100×
• Slater v. Rimar, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-04-17· cited 91×
• Reardon v. Marlayne, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-17· cited 87×
• Rice v. Perl
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-06-11· cited 82×
• Goldstein v. Lees
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-03-28· cited 73×
• Carl A. Colteryahn Dairy, Inc. v. Dairy
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-09-29· cited 57×
• David Welch Co. v. Erskine & Tulley
  California Court of Appeal· 1988-08-12· cited 57×
• Perl v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-02-17· cited 56×

Other cases named Maritrans GP Inc. v. Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Maritrans G.P., Inc. v. Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-12· cited 13×