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· 6/9/1976

Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,614 the Exchange National Bank of Chicago v. Touche Ross & Co.

Citations

  • 544 F.2d 1126
  • 22 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 188
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 8622

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that “judgments under [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure] 12(b)(6) are on the merits, with res judicata effects”
  • recognizing that “judgments under [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure] 12(b)(6) are on the merits, with res judicata effects”
  • recognizing that “judgments under Rule 12(b)(6) are on the merits, with res judicata effects”
  • suggesting that taking full account of the anti-literalist approach of Forman, supra, the best available alternative might lie in greater recourse to the statutory language and setting forth specific examples of items that would not constitute “securities”
  • directing the district courts to look to the duration of the note and the circumstances surrounding its issue before determining whether it is a “security”
  • listing examples of notes that are not 35 securities under the Exchange Act’s anti‐fraud provisions, including “the note secured by a mortgage on a home”

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Judges: Friendly, Mansfield, Mulligan

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