Himebaugh v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78B (§ 2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 15 U.S.C. § 78F (§ 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) · 28 U.S.C. § 1292
Relies on Wilko v. Swan · Scherk v. Alberto-Culver Co. · Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission v. Holiday Tours, Inc. · Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Ware · Seaboard Shipping Corp. v. Moran Inland Waterways Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“simple assertion of securities law violations or even the assertion of massive securities law violations does not overcome the presumption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“wholesale fraud of institutional dimension.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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