Legal Opinion
United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided October 6, 1975No. 74-157PublishedCited by 902 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Powell
The issue in these cases is whether shares of stock entitling a purchaser to lease an apartment in Co-op City, a state subsidized and supervised nonprofit housing cooperative, are “securities” within the purview of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act
Co-op City is a massive housing cooperative in New York City. Built between 1965 and 1971, it presently houses approximately 50,000 people on a 200-acre site containing 35 high-rise buildings and 236 town houses. The project was organized, financed, and constructed under the New York State Private Housing Finance Law,…
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