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· 4/30/1985

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,024 Futura Development Corporation v. Centex Corporation

Citations

  • 761 F.2d 33
  • 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 31035

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that perfect identify existed between a parent corporation, on one hand, and its subsidiary and agents, on the other hand
  • stating that “district court properly treated [defendant’s] motion to dismiss as a motion on the merits [of the § 10(b) Securities Exchange Act claim] rather than a 12(b)(1
  • adopting the “commercial/investment test” to determine whether a note is a security
  • in a pre-Reves case, stating that, under the “commercial v. investment” test, a “court looks to see whether a 24 transaction more closely resembles typical investment situations or typical mercantile or commercial transactions”

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Judges: Coffin, Wisdom, Bownes

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