Harlow v. Fibron Corp‪.‬

In September of 1972, James Brock incorporated Kinetics for the purpose of marketing and manufacturing fiberglass pipe in its plant in Artesia, New Mexico. Brock was a controlling shareholder in Midwest and Mid-Tex. Midwest was in the business of furnishing oil field roustabout services, and Mid-Tex was engaged in operating heavy equipment and dirt moving. Other than the transfer of funds, discussed later, the three companies were not related and did not have common customers. Brock was, however, on the board of directors of all three corporations.