Shumate v. Louisville & N. R. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding president of corporation fully liable for overcharges because he was the \animating force\ behind the sale of the oil
• holding president of corporation liable for overcharges because he was “the ‘animating force’ behind the sale of” the oil
• holding president of corporation fully liable for overcharges because he was the “animating force” behind the sale of the oil
• noting “the parallel between conduct which violates general principles of tort law, and conduct which infringes rights secured by statutes”
• setting forth rate schedule as it appears in 46 Fed.Reg. 21,412-14 (1981)
• “Rule 55 gives the court considerable leeway as to what it may require 23 as a prerequisite to the entry of a default judgment.”

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