Ockerman v. May Zima & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
December 1993
most recently cited
1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 15 U.S.C. § 78A (§ 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934)
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“No action shall be maintained under this section unless commenced before the expiration of two (2) years after the act or transaction constituting the violation or the expiration of one (1) year after the discovery of facts constituting the violation, or after such discovery should have been made by the exercise of reasonable diligence, whichever first expires.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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