Spoon v. Walston & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78G (§ 7 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
Relies on Hecht Co. v. Bowles · Meredith v. City of Winter Haven · Perma Life Mufflers, Inc. v. International Parts Corp. · Knight v. United States · Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,710 Stanley S. Pearlstein v. Scudder & German, a Partnership
Most-quoted passages
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“The court emphasizes that this award is made upon an equitable basis, the court being convinced that this is a just and fair result. The disposition is based, in part, on observation of the witnesses-most of them parties-and the conclusion that neither party's statement of facts is true. Likewise, neither party is wholly culpable, and neither party is without fault in an equitable sense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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