Legal Opinion

King Commodity Company of Texas, Inc. v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided March 7, 1974No. 18291PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GUITTARD, Justice.

On this interlocutory appeal our questions are whether “commodity options” are “securities” subject to registration under the Texas Securities Act and whether a district court of a county other than that in which a corporation subject to the Texas Business Corporations Act has its registered office may appoint a receiver for the assets and business of the corporation.

The appeal comes from one of the district courts of Dallas County, which granted a temporary injunction restraining King Commodity Company of Texas, Inc., and its officers and employees from selling “commodity…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,748 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
  4. Alpha Petroleum Co. v. TerrellTexas Commission of Appeals · 1933
  5. Alpha Petroleum Co. v. TerrellTexas Supreme Court · 1933

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Searsy v. Commercial Trading Corp.Texas Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2001
  3. Humble Exploration Co. v. Fairway Land Co., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1982
  4. Greater Fort Worth v. MimsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1978
  5. Clayton Brokerage Co. of St. Louis, Inc. v. MouerCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1975

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