Legal Opinion
United States v. Martin Frank
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 27, 1975No. 1122, Docket 74-2639PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OAKES, Circuit Judge:
The “Go-Go” stock market of the late 1960’s produced a wide variety of stock frauds reminiscent of the pre-SEC 1920’s, with one of the more common schemes involving market price manipulation upon a company’s “going public.” The stock, preferably one with a salable or “glamorous” name, would originally be issued to insiders, with only a limited number of shares issued (a “thin float”). The price of the stock would then be manipulated by trading back and forth among the insiders, with the limited number of shares available for trading making it reasonably easy to control…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by38 opinions
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