Legal Opinion
Halsted v. Securities & Exchange Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 24, 1950No. 10289PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether the Securities & Exchange Commission has power to prohibit a stockholders’ protective committee from soliciting financial contributions from the stockholders whom it represents in a reorganization proceeding under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, 15 U.S.C.A. § 79 et seq., where such contributions were to be used for the purpose of hearing the expenses of the committee and paying fees to its legal and other representatives.
The Long Island Lighting Company is a utility holding company, incorporated under the laws…
2Cases cited35 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. Chenery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Cantwell v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Haguer v. Committee for Industrial OrganizationSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Prince v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Studebaker Corporation v. Richard D. GittlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Williams v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Bob Lawrence Realty, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. MintzesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1969
- Gearhart & Otis, Inc., Frederick D. Gearhart, Jr. And Edward v. Otis v. Securities and Exchange Commission and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
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