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UNITED STATES v. DEAN VAN LINES, INC.

No. 75-1109.

531 F.2d 289 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEAN VAN LINES, INC., and Dean International, Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 10, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Wilbur, Jacksonville, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., Anthony W. Gross, Admiralty & Shipping Section, Dept. of Justice, Paul Blankenstein, Leonard Schaitman, Richard A. Olderman, Appellate Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before DYER, CLARK and GEE, Circuit Judges.

DYER, Circuit Judge:

The district court, although recognizing that there was insufficient evidence to justify "piercing the corporate veil" held Dean, the parent corporation, liable for the acts of Condyne, its subsidiary, on a theory of unjust enrichment. We reverse.

From early 1965 to early 1967, the Belgian corporation of S.A. Condyne acted as freight forwarder for the Agency for International Development, United States Department of State (AID). Under...

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