SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COM'N v. ALAN F. HUGHES, INC.

Nos. 675, 676, Dockets 72-1118, 72-1196.

461 F.2d 974 (1972)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Applicant-Appellee, v. ALAN F. HUGHES, INC. and Alan F. Hughes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Barry Donohue, Jr., Washington, D. C. (Shipley, Akerman, Stein & Kaps, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellants.

Richard E. Nathan, Asst. Gen. Counsel, SEC, Washington, D. C. (G. Bradford Cook, Gen. Counsel, and David Ferber, Solicitor, SEC, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for Securities and Exchange Commission.

Theodore H. Focht, Gen. Counsel, SIPC, Washington, D. C. (B. G. Minisman, Jr., Atty., SIPC, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for Securities Investor Protection Corporation.

Before FRIENDLY, Chief Judge, TIMBERS, Circuit Judge, and JAMESON, District Judge.


TIMBERS, Circuit Judge:

In this case of first impression under the Securities Investor Protection Act of 1970,1 the essential issue raised on these appeals is the propriety of the district court's adjudication that the customers of Alan F. Hughes, Inc., a registered broker-dealer, were in need of the protection provided by that Act, the primary purpose of which is to afford protection to public...

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