Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Town of North Bonneville v. United States

Town of N. Bonneville v. United States, 485 U.S. 1007 (1988)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1988-04-18
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • following majority rule but noting that drafters did not anticipate this conflict
  • constructive trust imposed upon inventory in favor of bank defrauded of funds used to purchase inventory
  • the majority rule is that a constructive trust exists from the moment the fraudulent transaction occurs on which the constructive trust is based
  • A court must “interpret the words of the statute in light of the purposes the legislature sought to serve.”

Citator

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.