Legal Opinion
In Re Securities and Exchange Commission
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided March 18, 1936PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PATTERSON, District Judge.
The Securities and Exchange Commission undertook an investigation of the activities of Pirnie, Simons & Co., in transactions involving the securities of a company. It caused subpoenas to be served on the respondents Bracken, McAvoy, Aarons, and Reid, commanding them to appear before an officer of the Commission and to give testimony. The respondents appeared, but each of them declined to testify unless the Commission would agree to give him a copy of his testimony or would permit him to bring with him a stenographer to take down his testimony. The Commission rejected…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. BrimsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- People Ex Rel. Karlin v. CulkinNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Ottinger v. State Civil Service CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
3Cited by12 opinions
- Edwards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Bowles v. BaerCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1944
- Boehm v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Federal Trade Commission v. Scientific Living, Inc.District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1957
- State Ex Rel. Railroad & Warehouse Commission v. MeesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
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