Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,421 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Professional Associates and Robert C. Labine
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1984No. 82-1398PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a district court’s grant of a preliminary injunction sought by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) enjoining the defendants from offering or selling various types of investments, including units in an “escrow account,” trust accounts, and interests in joint ventures. The SEC charged that the investments involved were investment contracts and as such were securities, and that the defendants were selling them in violation of registration and antifraud provisions of the federal securities laws. The district court…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- John D. Williamson, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. Gordon G. Tucker, Defendants-Appellees-CrossCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. FormanSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Tcherepnin v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. CurranSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by26 opinions
- David Stone and Colleen Stone v. John Wilson Kirk and J.W.K. Land and Cattle Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1993
- Rivanna Trawlers Unlimited v. Thompson Trawlers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1988
- Newmyer v. Philatelic Leasing, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1989
- Kerrigan v. Visalus, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 2015
- Matek v. MuratCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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