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PERPETUAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES v. MICHAELSON PROPERTIES

Nos. 92-1004, 92-1014.

974 F.2d 545 (1992)

PERPETUAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MICHAELSON PROPERTIES, INCORPORATED; Aaron I. Michaelson, Defendants-Appellants. PERPETUAL REAL ESTATE SERVICES, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MICHAELSON PROPERTIES, INCORPORATED; Aaron I. Michaelson, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 8, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Martin Wolff, Williams & Connolly, Washington, D.C., argued (J. Alan Galbraith and William M. Wiltshire, on brief), for defendants-appellants.

William Dennis Cross, Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, Mo., argued (William E. Hanna, Morrison & Hecker, Kansas City, Mo., Michael E. Tucci, Morrison & Hecker, Washington, D.C., David L. Lingerfelt, Robert J. Lowe, Jr., Lowe & Lingerfelt, Alexandria, Va., Michael A. Schlanger, Philip J. Harvey, Christine M. Nicolaides, Kent J. Morton, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D.C.), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

In this case plaintiff has sought to pierce the corporate veil of its former business partner, Michaelson Properties, Inc. (MPI), and to hold MPI's sole shareholder, Aaron Michaelson, personally responsible for MPI's contractual liability. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor, and the district court upheld the jury's decision to pierce MPI's corporate veil. We reverse. The jury instructions in this case misstated...

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