Sky Cable, LLC v. DIRECTV, Inc.
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
886 F.3d 375 (2018)

- Written by Sean Carroll, JD
Facts
Randy Coley (defendant) engaged in a fraudulent scheme to resell cable programing of DIRECTV, Inc. (plaintiff). DIRECTV won a judgment against Coley for $2,393,000. Coley did not have significant assets personally, rendering DIRECTV unable to collect the judgment from him. However, Coley was the sole member of three limited liability companies (LLCs). Coley frequently comingled the funds of the three LLCs and often did not account for funds transferred among them. DIRECTV filed a motion asking the district court to reverse-pierce the veil of Coley’s LLCs to use their assets to satisfy the judgment. The district court granted the motion, naming the LLCs as co-judgment debtors. Coley appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Keenan, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 816,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 46,300 briefs, keyed to 988 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.