Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Ernest v. Miller
423 U.S. 893
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1975-10-14
- Topic
- general
narrowing meaning of “lewd, obscene or indecent sexual proposals” to include only “sodomy, indecent exposure or, in the case of sexual proposals addressed to children, to perform some sexual act” | trustee of creditor's trust in bankrupt corporation surcharged for bookkeeper's defalcations, which trustee negligently failed to discover | trustee of creditor’s trust in bankrupt corporation surcharged for bookkeeper’s defalcations, which trustee negligently failed to discover | trustee may not delegate duties for which he is responsible | “[B]y acting in his official capacity the trustee does not incur a personal liability as does the trustee of an express trust.... The bankruptcy trustee acts as the representative of a separate entity, the estate; he obligates this entity. ...” | fees assessed against trustee of a creditor’s trust
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Cir. Ct. City of Richmond, Va., Div. 1. Certiorari denied.