Legal Opinion
Miller v. Central Chinchilla Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1974No. 73-1731PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The sole issue on this appeal is whether the District Court erred in holding that certain contracts for sale of chinchillas were not investment contracts subject to the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq., and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78a, et seq.
The plaintiffs’ initiated a class action in the Southern District of Iowa against the chinchilla corporations and individual defendants in March of 1971. The plaintiffs complained that because of material misrepresentations and omissions, they were persuaded to enter into contracts 1 with the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tcherepnin v. KnightSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,748 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Glenn W. Turner Enterprises, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- John L. LINO, Appellant in No. 72-1672, v. CITY INVESTING CO., a Corporation, Appellant in No. 72-1673Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,710 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,007 Willie Bell, Jr. v. Health-Mor, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Satz v. ITT Financial Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980
- Jim Long v. Shultz Cattle Company, Incorporated, an Oklahoma Corporation, and William B. ShultzCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Troyer v. KarcagiDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1979
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