Matthews v. Federal Bureau of Investigations

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that a bank having actual knowledge of fraud being perpetrated on a customer could be held liable for resulting loss if bank entered into transaction with customer “in furtherance of the fraud”
• noting the failure to disclose material defects may justifiably induce another to act or refrain from acting
• \The virtually unanimous rule is that creditor -debtor relationships rarely give rise to a fiduciary duty.\
• “We have said that there is no presumed fiduciary relationship between a bank and its customer.... The virtually unanimous rule is that creditor-debtor relationships rarely give rise to a fiduciary duty.”
• indicating agreement with Restatement (Second
• indicating agreement with Restatement (Second

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).