· 1/14/1977
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Appellant, v. Alexander KASSER Et Al.
Citations
- 548 F.2d 109
How courts have described this case
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- indicating it was not necessary in that case to determine where the jurisdictional line should be drawn
- discussing whether nonresident foreign national plaintiffs may invoke the jurisdiction of the federal securities laws
- “From a policy perspective, and it should be recognized that this case in a large measure calls for a policy decision, we believe that there are sound rationales for asserting jurisdiction.”
- “In sum, the prior pronouncements of this Court and those of the Second Circuit, a court with especial expertise in matters pertaining to securi ties, lend great support for a holding of jurisdiction here.”
- “Not only do we believe that the sum total of the defendants’ intra-national actions was substantial, but we also question whether it can be convincingly maintained that such acts within the United States did not directly cause any extraterritorial losses.”
- agreeing with Bersch and IIT on this point
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Judges: Adams, Weis, Fogel
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