175 Mich. App. 83 - People v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis

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6 federal appellate · 5 state decisions

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1. “[T]he plain meaning of the statutory provisions indicate that the State need only prove that the accused willfully engaged in conduct which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. It is the nature of the act which is dispos-itive, not the state of mind of the actor. In this sense, the statute imposes a form of strict liability. Once the seller has willfully engaged in conduct which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit, he will not be heard to argue that he did not intend the consequences of his acts.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garretto v. Elite Advisory Services, Inc.

2. “The act was designed to protect the public from fraud and deception in the issuance, sale, exchange, or disposition of securities within this state by requiring the registration of certain securities and transactions.. Its purpose’ is to prevent stockholders and promoters from perpetrating frauds and impositions on unsuspecting investors in hazardous undertakings and to protect credulous and incompetent persons from their own inclinations to speculate in hazardous enterprises.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 822 F. Supp. 429 - Investors Equity Group v. Rosenkrantz Lyon & Ross, Inc.

3. “77x. Any person who wilfully violates any of the provisions of this title [15 U.S.C. § 77a et seq.] ... shall upon conviction be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 201 Wis. 2d 121 - State v. Mueller