Court Opinion

ID: 9467140
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:39:29.600055+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:40:10.826931
License: Public Domain

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge,
dissenting.
The evidence in this case demonstrates conclusively that the corporate veil should be pierced. All of the necessary indicia for such a result exists. Gold Key Builders is a mere instrumentality of the Oberer Development Company. The Oberer enterprises, comprising the parent company and all of the constituent companies (including Gold Key Builders), are owned and controlled by the Oberer family. Third parties dealing with the separate entities had every reason to believe that they were in reality dealing with George R. Oberer and members of his family through their corporate alter egos. Hypertechnical, legalistic distinctions, engaged in by the majority, ought not be used to immunize the Oberer Development Company from a liability it legally and morally owes.
I respectfully dissent.