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Securities
Pagnani v. Securities and Exchange Commission; Matusow v. Securities and Exchange Commission; and Great American Industries, Inc., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission
395 U.S. 920·Supreme Court of the United States·1969
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Opinion
No. 1185.
No. 1186.
No. 1195.
Pagnani v. Securities and Exchange Commission; Matusow v. Securities and Exchange Commission; and Great American Industries, Inc., et al. v. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Robert D. Larsen for petitioner in No. 1185; Robert Kasanof for petitioner in No. 1186; and Simon H. Rifkind, Gerald D. Stern, and Thomas R. Farrell for petitioners in No. 1195.
Solicitor General Griswold, Philip A. Loomis, Jr., Walter P. North, and Meyer Eisenberg for respondent in all three cases.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.
Reported below: 407 F. 2d 453.