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Securities
Wilko v. Swan et al., doing business as Hayden Stone & Co., et al.
345 U.S. 969·Supreme Court of the United States·1953
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Opinion
No. 715.
Wilko v. Swan et al., doing business as Hayden Stone & Co., et al.
Henry E. Mills and Richard H. Weis for petitioner. Leonard P. Moore and Francis E. Koch for respondents. Acting Solicitor General Stern, Roger S. Foster and Alexander Cohen filed a brief for the Securities and Exchange Commission, as amicus curiae, urging that the petition for a writ of certiorari be granted.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari granted.