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Otis & Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission et al., 1944 — 322 U.S. 724 · caselaw · US
Securities
Otis & Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission et al.
322 U.S. 724·Supreme Court of the United States·1944
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Opinion
No. 993.
Otis & Co. v. Securities & Exchange Commission et al.
June 12, 1944.
Messrs. Arthur G. Logan and Robert J. Bulkley for petitioner.
Solicitor General Fahy and Messrs. Roger S. Foster, Homer Kripke, and Theodore L. Thau for the Securities & Exchange Commission, and Messrs. Donald R. Richberg and Clarence A. Southerland for the United Light & Power Co., respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of cer-tiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted.