Legal Opinion
Blue Sky L. Rep. P 74,161 Mark W. Mueller and James I. Stopple v. Michael Sullivan, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 23, 1998No. 97-1671PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Wisconsin has enacted the Uniform Securities Act, one section of which is modeled on § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, an anti-fraud catch-all. Mark Mueller and James Stopple were convicted of violating this statute, Wis. Stat. § 551.41, by inducing clients who sold through their auction house, Farm Loan Services, to accept payment in corporate notes rather than cash. (Technically, they were convicted of engaging in a pattern of securities fraud, in violation of Wisconsin’s counterpart to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, Wis.…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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