Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Titan Capital Corp. v. Hollinger
Titan Cap. Corp. v. Hollinger, 499 U.S. 976 (1991)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1991-04-22
- Topic
- capital-markets-and-corporate-governance
holding that broker-dealer is fully responsible for the acts of its registered representatives, even where the representative is an independent contractor | holding that child care workers who deliberately fabricated allegations of child prostitution and pornography in order to have the children removed from foster care pursuant to a court order are not entitled to qualified immunity | recognizing rule in Third Circuit and following Sharp and five other circuits on this point | analogizing the information provided by a social worker to obtain orders for placement or entry to the standards for probable cause for a warrant articulated in Franks v. Delaware, 438 U.S. 154, 98 S.Ct. 2674, 57 L.Ed.2d 667 (1978) | use of primary jurisdic tion doctrine to bar federal citizen suit would thwart legislative intent behind RCRA and CERCLA | the insurer was in bad faith by arbitrarily refusing to pay interest in addition to the policy limits when the judgment clearly would exceed the policy limits | the insurer was in bad faith by arbitrarily refusing to pay interest in addition to the policy limits when the judgment clearly would exceed the policy limits | “we do not have occasion to decide whether a search of a private home [in child abuse investigation] without a warrant or probable cause violates the fourth amendment” | respondeat superior available in securities fraud cases in addition to section 20(a) controlling person liability | child care workers that deliberately fabricated allegations of child prostitution and pornography in order to have the children removed from foster care pursuant to a court order are not entitled to qualified immunity | child care workers that deliberately fabricated allegations of child prostitution and pornography in order to have the children removed from foster care pursuant to a court order are not entitled to qualified immunity | liability premised solely on control relationship
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C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari denied.