United States v. Shehadeh

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• deeming two claims waived where the plaintiffs, in their opposition, did not contest motion to dismiss those particular claims
• applying the internal affairs doctrine to determine the law governing the breach of fiduciary duty
• “[T]he general rule is that directors and officers of a wholly owned subsidiary . . . owe fiduciary duties only to the parent corporation, not to the subsidiary.”
• “Because a trustee stands in the shoes of a bankrupt corporation, in pari delicto prevents the trustee from recovering in tort if the corporation, acting through authorized employees in their official capacities, participated in the tort.”
• “[In pari delicto] prohibits one party from suing another where the plaintiff was ‘an active, voluntary participant in the unlawful activity that is the subject of the suit.’ ” (quoting Pinter v. Dahl, 486 U.S. 622, 636, 108 S.Ct. 2063, 100 L.Ed.2d 658 (1988))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).