Legal Opinion
Ryan v. J. Walter Thompson Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 18, 1971No. 67, Docket 71-1358PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Per curiam
This ease is another example of a trend we have observed with disturbing frequency, namely, invocation of the salutary anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws in cases where those provisions are wholly inappropriate and wide of the Congressional mark. Moreover, the vice of this practice is compounded here by engrafting upon the misplaced federal securities law claim a state law claim that, but for the federal gloss, should have been litigated in the state courts.
Appellants, O’Neill Ryan and the United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee,1 appeal from a judgment entered…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Leather's Best, Inc., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. S.S. Mormaclynx, Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Allen v. Biltmore Tissue Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- Penthouse Properties, Inc. v. 1158 Fifth Avenue, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1939
- Gem Corrugated Box Corporation v. National Kraft Container Corporation and St. Regis Paper CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,265 Jacob Fershtman v. Herman J. SchectmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by48 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,548 Radiation Dynamics, Inc. v. Lawrence GoldmuntzCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,365 Arthur Yale Kavit v. A. L. Stamm & Co., a Co Partnership, and Jack R. LevienCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1974
- Financial General Bankshares, Inc. v. Eugene J. Metzger, Financial General Bankshares, Inc., Cross-Appellant v. Eugene J. MetzgerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1982
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,503 Paul S. Dopp v. Franklin National Bank, and Butler Aviation International, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Ernest Klein v. Shields & Company and Warner G. Cosgrove, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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