Legal Opinion
Downing v. Securities and Exchange Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 22, 1953No. 11158PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILBUR K. MILLER, Circuit Judge.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, after hearings in a proceeding theretofore duly instituted, entered an order August 14, 1943, requiring United Corporation, registered under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 1 to reduce its capitalization to one class of stock, to cease to be a holding company, and to comply with the order with due diligence. The order was entered pursuant to § 11(b) of the Act.
Thereafter -United simplified its capital structure by retiring its preferred stock and since April 30, 1949, has had only common stock outstanding.…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- American Power & Light Co. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Central-Illinois Securities Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Otis & Co. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Niagara Hudson Power Corp. v. LeventrittSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Phillips v. Securities and Exchange CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Etta Potson Bodoglau, Administratrix of the Estate of Michael Potson, Deceased v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Minneapolis Gas Company v. Federal Power Commission, Shamrock Oil and Gas Corporation, IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961
- Matter of the United Corporation. Joseph B. Hyman, in No. 12151, Randolph Phillips, in Nos. 12157, 12158Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1957
- General Protective Committee for the Holders of Option Warrants of the United Corp. v. Securities & Exchange CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- In Re the United CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1955
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