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.