· 3/8/1982
Marine Bank v. Weaver
Citations
- 455 U.S. 551
- 102 S. Ct. 1220
- 71 L. Ed. 2d 409
- 1982 U.S. LEXIS 29
- 50 U.S.L.W. 4285
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that neither certificate of deposit nor agreement granting share in profits in exchange for guaranteeing loan were securities
- holding that neither certificate of deposit nor agreement at issue in that ease was a security
- holding that the test of whether something is a security “is what character 23 the instrument is given in commerce”
- finding that certificates of deposit were otherwise subject to federal banking laws and insured by the FDIC
- finding that a profit sharing provision alone is not enough to make an agreement a security
- finding that a certificate of deposit was not a security because of federal banking laws
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Judges: Burger
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