United States Eleventh Circuit

Investments in viatical settlement contracts are "investment contracts" within the meaning of the Securities Acts of 1933 and 1934.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/06/2005
• Published 05/06/2005

Judges

• COX, Circuit Judge:, Before CARNES and COX, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael A. Hanzman, Hanzman & Criden, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, J. Steven Parker, Page Perry, LLC, Atlanta, GA, for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marc Cooper, Colson, Hicks, Eidson, Colson & Matthews, Coral Gables, FL, William L. Olsen, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, Washington, DC, Bruce A. Zimet, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Benedict P. Kuehne, Sale & Kuehne, P.A., John M. Hogan, Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, Lee H. Rubin, Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Defendants-Appellants., Christopher Paik, SEC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.