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Bangor Punta Operations, Inc. v. Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Co.
417 U.S. 703 (1974)
Key Principle
Equitable principles bar a corporation from recovering damages for pre-acquisition mismanagement or securities violations where the real party in interest is a shareholder that bought essentially all its stock after the wrongs occurred and would reap an unjustified windfall or unjust enrichment from the recovery.
Area of Law
General
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