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· 12/20/1989

Michael B. Shane v. James H. Shane

Citations

  • 891 F.2d 976
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 19325
  • 1989 WL 153071

How courts have described this case

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

  • “[Wjhere the plaintiff owes the defendant a fiduciary duty, the failure to disclose facts tolls the statute of limitations.”
  • refusal to give instruction is not reversible error \unless the error is determined to have been prejudicial after review of the record as a whole\
  • refusal to give instruction is not reversible error \unless the error is determined to have been prejudicial after review of the record as a whole\
  • release accompanying minority shareholder’s sale of stock in close corporation voided by other shareholders’ misrepresentation that company was worth nothing and failure to disclose pledge of new capital infusion
  • “release accompanying minority shareholder’s sale of stock in close corporation voided by other shareholders’ misrepresentation that company was worth nothing and failure to disclose pledge of new capital infusion”
  • a release will not bar subsequent claims if the release was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, and “where a release is obtained without full disclosure of the relevant facts by one who is under a duty to reveal them, it can be set aside”

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Judges: Breyer, Selya, Caffrey

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