SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION v. BOWLER

No. 14532.

427 F.2d 190 (1970)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Petitioner, v. F. Wallace BOWLER, Bennie E. Barnett, Eastern Investment Corporation, Eastern Finance Corporation, Eastern Credit Corporation, United Corporation of America, American Loan and Finance Company, Columbia Finance Corporation, Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Ferber, Solicitor, Securities and Exchange Commission (Philip A. Loomis, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Richard E. Nathan, Special Counsel, Harvey L. Pitt and James F. Whitescarver, Jr., Atty's, Securities and Exchange Commission, on the brief), for appellant.

Richard B. Spindle, III, Norfolk, Va., (Thomas G. Johnson, Jr., and Willcox, Savage, Lawrence, Dickson & Spindle, and Alvord & Alvord, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellees.

Before BOREMAN, BRYAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This suit was instituted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to enjoin violations of the registration and antifraud provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 77e(a) (c) and 77q(a), which occurred in the sale of securities of corporate defendants who were under common control. The district court granted a permanent injunction, but it denied the Commission's request for the appointment of a receiver...

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