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SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. RALSTON PURINA CO.

No. 8212(2).

102 F.Supp. 964 (1952)

SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. RALSTON PURINA CO.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, E. D.

February 12, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Hart, Alexander J. Brown, Jr. and Robert J. Sugrue, Chicago, Ill., for Securities and Exchange Commission; Louis Loss, Associate Gen. Counsel, Securities & Exchange Commission, Washington, D. C.

Thomas S. McPheeters, St. Louis, Mo. (Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., of counsel), for defendant.

HULEN, District Judge.

This action, initiated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, resulted in a preliminary injunction, by agreement, restraining defendant, Ralston Purina Company, from proceeding with the offering and sale of its $25 par value common stock. Plaintiff, after trial, seeks to have the injunction made permanent.

Section 5(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 77e, prohibits...

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