Sermor Inc. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that corporations are artificial entities created by law which require appearances in court to be made by agents; neither directors, officers, nor shareholders may appear on behalf of corporation
• “The rule is well settled that corporate agents who appear on the behalf of corporations in federal courts must be attorneys and not directors, officers or shareholders of the corporation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Suess v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1995-03-17· cited 43×
• CLD Construction, Inc. v. City of San Ramon
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-07-23· cited 42×
• Talasila, Inc., and M.R. Mikkilineni v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 2001-02-16· cited 39×
• First Hartford Corp. Pension Plan & Trust v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1998-11-20· cited 17×
• Advanced Systems Technology, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 2006-01-13· cited 4×
• Chemray Coatings Corp. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1993-01-21· cited 2×
• Midstar, Inc. v. United States
  Federal Claims· 1995-07-14· cited 2×
• Techcraft, Inc. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1987-09-16· cited 1×
• Resolution of Legal Dispute Between the Department of Energy and the Tennessee Valley Authority
  Office of Legal Counsel· 1987-07-08

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Osborn v. Bank of United States
  Supreme Court· 1824-03-19· cited 1,899×
• Ples Elworth Russell and Roy Russell v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1962-09-12· cited 200×
• Algonac Manufacturing Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1970-07-15· cited 175×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,038 Randolph Phillips v. John E. Tobin, Ralph K. Gottshall, and Alleghany Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1976-12-16· cited 133×
• United States v. 9.19 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Marquette County, Michigan, Beico, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1969-10-22· cited 104×
• United States v. Hvass
  Supreme Court· 1958-03-03· cited 87×
• Commercial & Railroad Bank of Vicksburg v. Slocomb, Richards & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1840-02-26· cited 74×
• In Re Victor Publishers, Inc. Appeal of Robert v. Pace
  First Circuit· 1976-11-29· cited 50×
• Algonac Manufacturing Co. v. United States
  Court of Claims· 1972-05-12· cited 44×
• Collins v. O'Brien
  D.C. Circuit· 1953-12-10· cited 30×
• Richdel, Inc. v. Sunspool Corporation
  Federal Circuit· 1983-02-17· cited 26×
• International Institute for Fundamental Studies, Inc.
  Court of Claims· 1980-03-14· cited 13×
• Jamsar, Inc.
  Court of Claims· 1981-02-20· cited 5×
• Williams v. United States
  Federal Circuit· 1987-03-11· cited 1×