· 7/28/2015
Northbound Group, Incorporated v. Norvax, Incorporated
Citations
- 795 F.3d 647
- 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 13074
- 2015 WL 4546148
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “cannot ... sue a non-party for breach of the contract simply because the non-party has a close relationship with the other party to the contract who has breached” (emphasis in original)
- “The core principle of corporate law is that a corporation is a distinct legal entity, separate from its shareholders, directors, officers, and affiliated corporations, so that the obligations of a corporation are not shared by officers, directors, or shareholders”
- “It goes without saying that a contract cannot bind a nonparty.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Williams, Tinder, Hamilton
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