· 7/15/1974
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,710 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Koscot Interplanetary, Inc.
Citations
- 497 F.2d 473
- 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 7641
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that the purchaser’s “act of consummating a sale is essentially a ministerial not managerial one”
- concluding that the purchaser’s “act of consummating a sale is essentially a ministerial not managerial one”
- concluding that the purchaser’s “act of consummating a sale is essentially a ministerial not managerial one”
- holding schemes in which promoters retain essential managerial control over essential managerial functions of enterprise and where investors’ realization of profits is inextricably tied to success of a promotional pyramid scheme constituted security
- holding schemes in which promoters retain essential managerial control over essential managerial functions of enterprise and where investors’ realization of profits is inextricably tied to success of a promotional pyramid scheme constituted security
- \that an investor's return is independent of that of other investors in the scheme is not decisive\
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Judges: Rives, Gewin, Roney
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