Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,710 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1974No. 73-2339PublishedCited by 213 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal emanates from a district court order denying an injunction sought by the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) against Koscot Interplanetary, Inc., (Koscot) for allegedly violating the federal securities laws. Specifically, the SEC maintained that the pyramid promotion enterprise operated by Koscot was within the ambit of the term security, as employed by the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 1 that as such it had to be registered with the SEC pursuant to the ’33 Act, 2 and that the manner in which Koscot purveyed its enterprise…
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