Legal Opinion
D. H. Roe and Stratoray Oil, Inc. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1961No. 18162PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
As this ease percolates to us, it is but a bare shadow of its former self in the trial court. There it was a multi-party, multi-count indictment against Roe individually, the corporation, Stratoray Oil Company, Inc. of which Roe was President, and another, an advertising writer. At the heart of this case as the jury heard the evidence for many, many days was a high-pitched, hard-sell extravagant solicitation campaign to sell through the mail to thousands of persons over the United States oil leases on small tracts in Texas and Utah. Counts 1 through 7 charged each…
2Cases cited42 opinions
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- Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. DotterweichSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Lambert v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Boyce Motor Lines, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by128 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,748 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,710 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- George Lee Mims, Sr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- United States v. NataleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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