· 9/26/1963
Link Aviation, Inc. v. Downs
Citations
- 325 F.2d 613
- 117 U.S. App. D.C. 40
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “[t]he goals of the fee-shifting provision of the Securities Law are to (1) penalize defendants for illegal acts, and (2) remove the expense of legal representation as an obstacle to plaintiffs bringing suit”
- even though defendant had “no specific knowledge of who was solicited to buy stock, and did not personally solicit them, he was liable ‘because of his action in concert with the other early investors in the decision to actively seek new investors’”
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Judges: Fahy
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