Opinion ID: 39695
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: The Alter Ego and Conspiracy Claims

Text: 55 Condrey also asserts that once SunTrust assumed the benefits of the licensing agreement, it stands in [Harrell Equipment's] shoes and accordingly assumed its obligations, one of which is to maintain the confidentiality of Condrey's intellectual property. SunTrust urges us to ignore this argument, because, as the record reflects, it was not properly presented to the district court and is therefore waived. Even if this were not so, as we stated above, we can dispose of this assertion because it substantively contradicts an earlier claim. If the licensing agreement specifically states and Condrey previously argues that the contract is non-transferable, then we find it inconsistent that Condrey now deduces that by assuming Harrell Equipment's obligations, SunTrust assumed the duties owed to Condrey under the licensing agreement. Therefore, his breach of contract allegations regarding SunTrust must fail. 56 Condrey also asserts on appeal that SunTrust and Harrell Equipment conspired to defraud creditors, including Condrey. He maintains that Harrell Equipment owed a fiduciary duty to him to disclose that which would materially harm his rights. Condrey, however, never raised this issue in the district court. His original complaint made no mention of it and his amended complaint only referred to conspiracy claims between SunTrust and Carter, the president of LMC Bainbridge. Even if we did read the amended report as properly raising this issue, we cannot consider the amended report, as the magistrate judge denied the motion for leave of court to admit the amended report as moot since the district court had already granted SunTrust's motion for summary judgment. 4 Therefore, we do not consider this claim on appeal.