Legal Opinion
Gratz v. Claughton
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 30, 1951No. 147, Docket 21660PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal by the defendant, Claughton, from a judgment against him, entered upon the report of a master, in an action by a, shareholder of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company under § 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 1 The railroad was originally named as a defendant and was later made a co-plaintiff; and the United States intervened under § 2403 of Title 28, U.S.C.A., because the defendant challenged the constitutionality of the statute. The court first granted a summary judgment as to all the issues except the amount of the profits made by the…
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