Legal Opinion

Resources Corp. International v. Securities & Exchange Commission

Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit

Decided February 27, 1939No. 7218PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.

Plaintiff (appellant) is a Delaware corporation and through stock ownership controls various other corporations owning, leasing, and selling timber and ranch lands in the Republic of Mexico. On July 5, 1938, it filed in the District Court its bill in equity against the Securities and Exchange Commission and the individual commissioners. The court on motion of the Commission dismissed, and this appeal followed.

The bill alleged that on February 28 plaintiff filed with the Commission a registration statement covering 35,000 shares of its common stock owned by Harper S. Hoover, treasurer and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jones v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  2. Utah Fuel Co. v. National Bituminous Coal Comm'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
  3. Resources Corp. International v. Securities & Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1938

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Perkins v. Endicott Johnson CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
  2. The Wolf Corporation v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1963
  3. Columbia General Investment Corporation v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  4. Binkley Mining Co. v. WheelerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1943
  5. Peoples Securities Co. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961

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