Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor v. Sea Sprite Boat Company, Incorporated

How courts have described this case

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• reserving question whether laches ever applies to the federal government’s cases
• a company that \acquired the business subject to this court's order\ was legal successor and bound by the order
• a company that “acquired the business subject to this court’s order” was legal successor and bound by the order
• “An order issued to a corporation is identical to an order issued to its officers, for incorporeal abstractions act through agents.”
• “A sale of Sea Sprite’s assets to an unrelated party would pose different, and potentially difficult problems.... A shuffle between two corporations, both wholly owned by Smith, cannot avoid the injunction.” (citation omitted)
• “An order issued to a corporation is identical to an order issued to its officers, for incorporeal abstractions act through agents. A command to the corporation is in effect a command to those who are officially responsible for its affairs.” (internal quotation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).