WATTS

v.

TERRITORY OF WASHINGTON

Citator

Cited By (57 total)

• In re Multiponics v. Herpel, 622 F.2d 709 (5th Cir. 1980)
  …n, 308 U.S. at 306-07, 60 S.Ct. at 245, 84 L.Ed. at 289, and the conduct of a small rather than large number of directors may be subject to even greater scrutiny for indicia of fair dealing and candor. Twin-Lick Oil Co. v. Marbury, 91 U.S. 587, 590, 23 L.Ed. 328, 330 (1875), quoted with approval in Pepper v. Litton, 308 U.S. at 307 n. 14, 60 S.Ct. at 245 n. 14, 84 L.Ed. at 289 n. 14. In examining fiduciary claims in bankruptcy, the question of the burden of proof, albeit a slippery concept, may be critical…
• Lebold v. Inland Steel Co., 125 F.2d 369 (7th Cir. 1941)
  …308 U.S. 295 at page 306, 60 S.Ct. 238, 245, 84 L.Ed. 281, Mr. Justice Douglas, discussing the responsibility of directors and of dominant or controlling stockholders, said: “A director is a fiduciary. Twin-Lick Oil Co. v. Marbury, 91 U.S. 587, 588, 23 L.Ed. 328. So is a dominant or controlling stockholder or group of stockholders. Southern Pacific Co. v. Bogert, 250 U.S. 483, 492, 39 S.Ct. [*373] 533, 537, 63 L.Ed. 1099. Their powers are powers in trust. See Jackson v. Ludeling, 21 Wall. 616, 624, 22 L.Ed…
• Farnsworth v. Territory of Montana, 129 U.S. 104 (U.S. 1889)
  …ere given why they did not apply to or cover such' a criminal case, show that they do not apply to or cover a criminal case from the Territory of Montana. Reference is made by the plaintiff in error to t,he case of Watts v. Territory of Washington, 91 U. S. 580, which was a criminal case from the Territory of Washington, in which it did not appear that the Constitution or any statute or treaty of the United States had been brought in question. The jurisdiction of this court in the case was questioned, as n…