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W. S. Moses and David A. New v. Fred Michael, W. S. Moses and David A. New v. Robert Baird, W. S. Moses and David A. New v. W. D. Gardner

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 6, 1961No. 18627-18629PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DE VANE, District Judge.

These appeals involve twenty-three individual suits filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi. The several suits are to recover the purchase price of undivided working interests in certain oil and gas leases, situated in Louisiana, which interests were allegedly sold in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77a, et seq., 48 Stat. 74.

After discovery proceedings were had, appellees sought summary judgments under Section 12(1) of the Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77i(l). The Court below granted summary judgments and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  3. Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. D. H. Roe and Stratoray Oil, Inc. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
  5. Barthel v. StammCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1944

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,710 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,213 Hill York Corporation v. American International Franchises, Inc., Gurn H. FreemanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  3. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,862 G. A. Thompson & Co., Inc. v. Herbert Partridge, Robert M. Presley, Frank Andrews and C. Thomas MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Ingenito v. Bermec Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977
  5. Holdridge v. Heyer-Schulte Corp. of Santa BarbaraDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1977

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