Legal Opinion
Securities & Exchange Commission v. Shields
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 24, 2014No. 12-1438PublishedCited by 207 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) brought this civil enforcement action against Defendant-Appellees Jeffory D. Shields, GeoDynamics, Inc. (“GeoDynamics”), and several other business entities affiliated with Mr. Shields, alleging securities fraud in connection with four oil and gas exploration and drilling ventures Mr. Shields, as managing partner of GeoDynamics, marketed to thousands of investors nationwide as Joint Venture Agreements (“JVAs”). The district court granted defendants’ Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. The SEC appeals, contending that…
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