FIRSTMARK CAPITAL CORP. v. HEMPEL FINANCIAL CORP.

No. 87-5884.

859 F.2d 92 (1988)

FIRSTMARK CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HEMPEL FINANCIAL CORPORATION, dba Hempel Leasing Corporation, a California corporation; Professional Capital Corporation, a California corporation; Hempel Financial Services, a corporation; Bruce Hempel; and Nancy Hempel, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman D. James, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Megan Scott-Kakures, Loeb and Loeb, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HUG, KOZINSKI and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


HUG, Circuit Judge:

Nancy Hempel ("Mrs. Hempel") appeals the district court's judgment imposing on her liability as a corporations' alter ego in the amount of $854,991.94. The case was tried without a jury, and the district court's findings of fact are not disputed. The principal question presented is whether alter ego liability can be imposed on a spouse on the basis that she owns a community property interest in the stock of a corporation and received benefits from...

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