PETTEYS v. BUTLER

Nos. 18277, 18278.

367 F.2d 528 (1966)

Alonzo PETTEYS and C. Frank Reavis, Appellants, v. Eunice S. BUTLER and Northwest Airlines, Inc., Appellees. Alonzo PETTEYS and C. Frank Reavis, Appellants, v. Isadore BLAU and Northwest Airlines, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 6, 1966.

Certiorari Denied January 9, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. McRoberts of Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants. Gaylord C. Burke and Edwin S. Taylor, St. Louis, Mo., and Richard W. Johnson of Neville, Johnson & Thompson, Minneapolis, Minn., and Martin D. Jacobs, William R. Luney and Gerald A. Eppner, of Reavis & McGrath, New York City, with him on the brief.

J. L. Hannaford, of Doherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., for appellee Eunice S. Butler. J. C. Foote and Frank Claybourne, St. Paul, Minn., with him on the brief.

Morris J. Levy, New York City, for appellee Isadore Blau. Felix M. Phillips, of Shanedling, Phillips, Gross & Aaron, Minneapolis, Minn., with him on the brief.

Philip A. Loomis, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Walter P. North, Associate Gen. Counsel, and Jacob H. Stillman, Atty., S.E.C., Washington, D. C., on brief for the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, BLACKMUN and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied January 9, 1967. See 87 S.Ct. 712.

GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

This appeal presents another difficult question on the applicability of the sanctions of § 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78p(b)1 to a conversion of preferred stock into common stock, which was then sold within six months of the conversion. Appellants, Petteys and Reavis, appeal from a judgment of the United States District...

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