Sharp v. Coopers & Lybrand

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that considerations of tax consequences qualify as profit-seeking for the purpose of defining securities
• “control” under Section 20(a) depends on whether defendant “had the power or potential power to influence and control the activities of’ controlled person
• Coopers & Lybrand was held liable on the basis of respon-deat superior for a non-partner’s primary fraud

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• SHARP, Stanley L. v. COOPERS & LYBRAND, Appellant
  Third Circuit· 1981-06-05· cited 225×
• Fund of Funds, Ltd. v. Arthur Andersen & Co.
  S.D. New York· 1982-07-16· cited 64×
• Haynes v. Anderson & Strudwick, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1981-02-03· cited 42×
• Lanza v. Poretti
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1982-04-16· cited 40×
• In Re Longhorn Securities Litigation
  W.D. Oklahoma· 1983-09-28· cited 36×
• Healey v. Chelsea Resources Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 1990-04-24· cited 31×
• Bush v. Rewald
  D. Hawaii· 1986-01-14· cited 22×
• Block v. First Blood Associates
  S.D. New York· 1988-07-06· cited 21×
• Sharp v. Coopers
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1979-06-26· cited 19×
• In Re North American Acceptance Corp. Securities Cases
  N.D. Georgia· 1981-03-30· cited 15×
• In Re Coleco Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 1984-08-10· cited 15×
• In Re Union Carbide Corp. Consumer Products Business Securities Litigation
  S.D. New York· 1987-09-04· cited 13×
• Allegaert v. Warren
  S.D. New York· 1979-11-27· cited 12×
• Summer v. Land & Leisure, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 1983-09-14· cited 10×
• Walker v. Cardinal Savings & Loan Ass'n
  E.D. Virginia· 1988-07-19· cited 10×
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. International Mining Exchange, Inc.
  D. Colorado· 1981-06-02· cited 8×
• Kolibash v. Sagittarius Recording Co.
  S.D. Ohio· 1986-01-27· cited 6×
• Sharp v. Coopers & Lybrand
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1980-06-11· cited 3×
• Blaushild v. Grodin, Chotiner & Balmuth
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 1994-01-13· cited 1×

Cites

52 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder
  Supreme Court· 1976-05-19· cited 3,533×
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores
  Supreme Court· 1975-10-06· cited 2,261×
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.
  Supreme Court· 1946-10-14· cited 1,616×
• Tcherepnin v. Knight
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 878×
• Griffith v. United Air Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-10-14· cited 758×
• Rosin v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-18· cited 698×
• Gasoline Products Co. v. Champlin Refining Co.
  Supreme Court· 1931-05-18· cited 659×
• Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-14· cited 636×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,959 Frank Lanza, Jr. v. Drexel & Co., Theodore J. Kircher and Christie F. Vitolo
  Second Circuit· 1973-04-26· cited 381×
• Slocum v. New York Life Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1913-04-21· cited 368×
• Landy v. Federal Deposit Insurance
  Supreme Court· 1974-04-22· cited 316×
• Landry v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1973-07-30· cited 245×
• Rochez Brothers, Inc., a Pennsylvania Corporation v. Charles R. Rhoades
  Third Circuit· 1975-09-29· cited 234×
• Tully v. Mott Supermarkets, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1976-08-13· cited 212×
• Bertha Hecht, and v. Harris, Upham & Co., a Partnership, Harris, Upham & Co., Inc., a Corporation, And
  Ninth Circuit· 1970-09-04· cited 185×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,512 Marvyn Gould, of the Estate of J. Donald Rogasner, in No. 75-1338. v. American-Hawaiian Steamship Company, Cross-Appellants
  Third Circuit· 1976-04-08· cited 171×
• Irving Sulmeyer and Arnold L. Kupetz, Co-Trustees in Bankruptcy for Bubble Up Corporation v. Coca Cola Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-07-11· cited 151×
• John J. Demarines and Doris A. Demarines, Husband and Wife v. Klm Royal Dutch Airlines
  Third Circuit· 1978-07-17· cited 132×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,623 Eckart R. Straub v. Vaisman and Company, Inc., a New Jersey Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1976-06-15· cited 128×
• Hecht v. Harris, Upham & Co.
  N.D. California· 1968-03-28· cited 123×