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· 7/17/1974

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,724 Securities and Exchange Commission v. Continental Commodities Corporation

Citations

  • 497 F.2d 516
  • 1974 U.S. App. LEXIS 7603

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that an \SEC release is entitled to great weight\ although \it is not dispositive\
  • holding that plaintiffs’ discretionary commodities accounts constituted security
  • “[T]he critical inquiry is confined to whether the fortuity of the investments ... is essentially dependent upon promoter expertise.”
  • multiple investors but no pooling
  • multiple investors but no pooling

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Judges: Rives, Gewin, Roney

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