Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,167 William F. Hirk v. Agri-Research Council, Inc., John Burlington, and Glenn Andersen
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 6, 1977No. 76-2011PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff, William F. Hirk, is appealing the dismissal of his amended complaint alleging violations of the Federal Securities Act of 1933 and the Commodity Exchange Act for failure to state a claim. 1 Count I of the amended complaint charged a violation of Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. § 77e) and Count II charged a violation of Section 4b of the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936 (7 U.S.C. § 6b). 2 According to the plaintiff, the two individual defendants, brokers and dealers in securities, fraudulently induced him to enter into a trading agreement…
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3Cited by91 opinions
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