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COMPAGNIE FINANCIERE v. MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE

Contracts, Securities Law
Contract which allowed broker to release hold on guanantor's collateral stock once creditor recieved "payment in full" from debtor applied when debtor...

LAPIDUS v. HECHT

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
Trustees of living trust had standing to sue mutual funds on behalf of trust shareholders for making unauthorized short sales of securities under...

BIELFELDT v. COMM'R OF INTERNAL REVENUE

Securities Law, Tax Law
Where taxpayer was purely a speculator in U.S. Treasury securities, he was not entitled to offset trading losses against ordinary income as a "dealer"...

CANADY v. SEC

Civil Procedure, Securities Law
SEC's review order conclusion was neither arbitrary nor capricious in holding that a securities broker waived any statute of limitations defense under...

MONTGOMERY v. AETNA PLYWOOD, INC.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
Employee shareholders that had their shares sold by defendant company to third party at below market value did not have standing to challenge the...

SEC v. BRENNAN

Bankruptcy Law, Securities Law
An order obtained by the SEC requiring defendant, who is a debtor in bankruptcy, to repatriate the assets of an offshore asset protection trust and...