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· 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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