Legal Opinion
James G. Robinson v. Thomas W. Glynn, and Glynn Scientific, Incorporated Geophone Company, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 13, 2003No. 03-1106PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge GREGORY and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff James Robinson filed suit against Thomas Glynn, Glynn Scientific, Inc., and GeoPhone Company, LLC, alleging that Glynn committed federal securities fraud when he sold Robinson a partial interest in Geophone Company. The district court found that Robinson’s membership interest in GeoPhone was not a security within the meaning of the federal securities laws, and it dismissed Robinson’s securities fraud claim. Because Robinson was an…
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