Legal Opinion
E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Collins
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 16, 1977No. 75-1870PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burger
We granted certiorari1 in these cases to determine whether the Securities and Exchange Commission, in approving the merger of a closed-end investment company into an affiliate company, reasonably exercised its discretion under the Investment Company Act of 1940, 54 Stat. 789, as amended, 15 U. S. C. § 80a-l et seq. The Commission valued the investment company essentially on the basis of the market value of the securities which constituted substantially all of its assets rather than on the lower basis of its own outstanding stock..
The statutory scheme here is relatively straightforward.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Pepper v. LittonSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
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- Federal Trade Commission v. Mandel Bros.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by123 opinions
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