Port Chester Electrical Construction Corp. v. Atlas

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to pierce corporate veil where “the external indicia of separate corporate identities were at all times maintained”
• “The fact that Sol Atlas was the controlling principal of these corporations is, by itself, insufficient to justify disregarding the corporate form.”
• “Corporations, of course, are legal entities distinct from their managers and shareholders and have an independent legal existence. Ordinarily, their separate personalities cannot be disregarded.”
• “Corporations . . . are legal entities distinct from their managers and shareholders and have an independent legal existence.” (citations omitted)
• subcontractor not third-party beneficiary of contract where record did not reflect that contract ran to benefit of subcontractor
• requiring proof of an intent to benefit a third party

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).