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Caddo Valley R.R. Co. v. Surface Transp. Bd.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, M&A, Securities Law, Transportation
In a case involving a rail carrier that acquired a railroad line through a forced sale pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 10907, petition for review of a...

Dolphin & Bradbury, Inc. v. SEC

Administrative Law, Securities Law
Petition for review of respondent's order holding petitioners liable for violations of multiple securities laws is denied over claim that petitioners...

ACA Financial Guar. Corp. v. Advest, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Education Law, Securities Law
In a suit alleging violations of federal securities laws in the offering of bonds of a college, dismissal of the complaint and denial of a...

Lake Shore Asset Mgmt. Ltd. v, Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n

Administrative Law, International Law, Securities Law
In a suit by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to force a commodity-pool operator and adviser in the derivatives business to turn over records...

Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Erskine

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Securities Law
In a suit brought by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) against defendant and his company alleging he misrepresented facts and omitted...

In re: Ferro Corp. Derivative Litig.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In a shareholder derivative suit, dismissal of plaintiffs' complaint for failing to allege, with adequate particularity, that a demand would be...

Nelson v. Hodowal

Class Actions, ERISA, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In a suit under ERISA alleging that a pension plan's fiduciaries failed to anticipate a decline in the value of the plan's stock holdings, judgment...

Cox Enters., Inc. v. News-Journal Corp.

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Media Law, Securities Law
District court, in determining "fair value" of stock held by plaintiff under Fla. Stat. section 607.1436, did not abuse its discretion in: 1)...

Apollo Capital Fund, LLC v. Roth Capital Partners, LLC

Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In action for corporate securities fraud, common law fraud and related claims brought against broker-dealer, sustaining of demurrers is reversed in...

US v. Benyo

Criminal Law & Procedure, Securities Law, White Collar Crime
Dismissal of charge of causing the filing of a false and fraudulent document with the Securities and Exchange Commission for lack of venue is reversed...