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· 5/8/1996

Torchmark Corp. v. Rice

Citations

  • 945 F. Supp. 172
  • 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16196
  • 1996 WL 616414

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that, if the fiduciary-shield exception ever was part of Arkansas law, amendments to the state’s long-arm statute extending its reach to the fullest extent permitted by constitutional due process negated the doctrine in Arkansas
  • setting a lower standard for piercing the corporate veil for jurisdictional purposes and requiring a showing of either a “shell” corporation or fraud, not both

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Judges: Roy

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