Legal Opinion
M.J. Whitman & Co. v. American Financial Enterprises, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 17, 1984No. 83-3012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORNELIA G. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge.
M.J. Whitman & Co., Inc. Pension Plan (Whitman), a shareholder in American Fi*395nancial Enterprises, Inc. (AFEI), brought this derivative suit to compel AFEI to register under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (ICA or the Act), 15 U.S.C. § 80a-l et seq. (1981). The District Court found no private right of action to compel registration under the ICA and granted summary judgment against Whitman. On appeal, we affirm the grant of summary judgment on a different ground; even assuming that a private right of action exists, AFEI is exempt from registration according…
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