Tcherepnin v. Knight

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, when interpreting the term “security,” “form should be disregarded for substance and the emphasis should be on economic reality”
• recognizing the \familiar canon of statutory construction that remedial legislation should be construed broadly to effectuate its purposes\
• stating that the Supreme Court is “guided by the familiar canon of statutory construction that remedial legislation should be construed broadly to effectuate its purposes”
• recognizing the “familiar canon of statutory construction that remedial legislation should be construed broadly to effectuate its purposes”
• explaining that when analyzing whether an instrument qualifies as a “security,” “form should be disregarded for substance and the emphasis should be on economic reality”
• holding withdrawable capital shares in savings and loan association a security

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).