Legal Opinion
Mace Neufeld Productions, Inc. v. Orion Pictures Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1988No. 86-6040PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Mace Neufeld Productions, Inc. (Neufeld) appeals the district court’s dismissal of its federal securities claim and pendent state law claims against Orion Pictures Corporation, Barney Rosenzweig, et al. (Orion). Neufeld alleges that Orion violated section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by fraudulently selling Neufeld an “investment contract,” a security under federal securities law. The United States District Court for the Central District of California held that Neufeld’s contract with Orion was not a “security” under the Act and it dismissed Neufeld’s…
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- Mace Neufeld Productions, Inc. v. Orion Pictures CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988