Legal Opinion
Anderson v. Francis I. duPont & Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided October 2, 1968No. 4-67-Civ. 370PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
LARSON, District Judge.
This is an action by some twenty-one plaintiffs seeking to recover general and punitive damages in connection with an alleged fraudulent scheme involving dealings in the commodities market. Plaintiffs allege that defendant Nevin F. Hench (Hench) solicited money from them to invest in the commodities market with the guarantee that it would be returned to them at profits of up to sixty per cent. They also claim that Hench was dealing in unlisted securities and was acting as a broker-dealer and/or commission merchant while unlicensed and unregistered.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tcherepnin v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Myzel v. FieldsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Kardon v. National Gypsum Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946
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3Cited by69 opinions
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. CurranSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,351 Billie Jean Woodward v. Metro Bank of DallasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Bertha Hecht, and v. Harris, Upham & Co., a Partnership, Harris, Upham & Co., Inc., a Corporation, AndCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,010 Fred H. Harmsen v. C. Arnholt SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,903 Herman L. Zeller v. Bogue Electric Manufacturing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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