Legal Opinion
Whittaker v. Whittaker Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1981No. Nos. 77-2297, 77-2550PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TANG, Circuit Judge:
This case involves liability under the insider short-swing trading provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, § 16, 15 U.S.C. § 78p. The principal questions presented are whether shares nominally owned by another may be attributed to an insider for liability under § 16(b) and whether the two-year limitations period of § 16(b) may be tolled. On demand by the Whittaker Corporation (Corporation), the putative insider, William Whittaker (William), paid the amount of alleged profits from insider transactions between December 1, 1965 and December 31, 1970 (the relevant…
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