Securities & Exchange Commission v. O'Hara Re-Election (Or Proxy) Committee

SWEENEY, District Judge.

The petitioner, the Securities and Exchange Commission, has filed an action against the so-called O’Hara Re-election Committee and others, seeking to restrain the defendants from violating the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C.A. § 78a et seq., and particularly Section 14 thereof, 15 U.S.C.A. § 78n, having to do with the solicitation of proxies through the mail.

• The matter is now before me on prayers for a preliminary injunction, seeking to restrain the Re-election Committee and its members from further violations of the Act of 1934, and from the use of…