Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,442 United States of America v. Larry N. Cook
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1978No. 77-5497PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:
After a plea of guilty, the appellant, Larry N. Cook, was convicted of fraud in the offer of sale of securities in violation of 15 U.S.C. §§ 77q(a), 77x, and 18 U.S.C. § 2, and of mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 2. The trial judge sentenced Cook to five years’ imprisonment for each offense. 1 On this appeal, Cook challenges only the jurisdiction of the trial court to impose a sentence for the securities count. Cook argues that the trial court lacked jurisdiction over the securities count because the alleged fraud was committed solely upon foreign…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Schoenbaum v. FirstbrookCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Bersch v. Drexel Firestone, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Leasco Data Processing Equipment Corp. v. MaxwellCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Schoenbaum v. FirstbrookCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,623 Eckart R. Straub v. Vaisman and Company, Inc., a New Jersey CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Iit, An International Investment Trust v. Bernard CornfeldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- IIT v. CornfeldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Merrill v. Abbott (In Re Independent Clearing House Co.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1984
- United States v. Hakeem Abdul Rasheed, AKA Clifford Jones, United States of America v. Janice PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
- MCG, Inc. v. Great Western Energy Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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