Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,447 United States of America v. Frank E. Jones, James R. Jamerson, and Richard Eugene Webber, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 14, 1983No. 82-1458, 82-1464 and 82-1474PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
This case presents several issues. Foremost among them is whether defendants’ sale/leaseback transactions were “securities” within the meaning of the securities fraud statute, 15 U.S.C. § 77q. We hold that they were and affirm the convictions on all counts.
FACTS
In 1976, Jones brought Jamerson into Evergreen Investors, a trucking brokerage company that was experiencing financial difficulties. To alleviate Evergreen’s difficulties, Jones and Jamerson joined several smaller investors in purchasing Krimbel Trucking, a company hauling loads between Washington and…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. FormanSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United States v. MazeSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Burns v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by26 opinions
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- United States v. Ronald MarkowskiCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Lawrence Salvatore IorizzoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
- Zola v. GordonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- United States v. KozenyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
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