Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Cady
District Court, D. Maine
Decided December 11, 1939PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PETERS, District Judge.
The plaintiff is a small securities broker in Portland. The defendants, fifteen in number, constitute a brokerage firm in Boston with which the plaintiff did most of his purchasing business for several years.
The writ, dated October 6, 1937, after amendment, contains four counts; three under the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. A. § 77a et seq., and one a common law count for deceit, all on the same facts, claiming damages for false representations in the sale of a block of stock in early .March, 1937.
The defense is a general denial with requests for rulings directed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Crossman v. Bancon & Robinson Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1920
- Bryne v. GreeneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1934
- Richards v. FossSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1927
3Cited by62 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,588 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stephen MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Demarco v. EdensCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Fratt v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
- In Re Caesars Palace Securities LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Katz v. Amos Treat & Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
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