EL KHADEM v. EQUITY SECURITIES CORPORATION

No. 72-1380.

494 F.2d 1224 (1974)

Mary F. EL KHADEM, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EQUITY SECURITIES CORPORATION, a corporation, et al., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Endicott (argued), of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., John B. Gregory, of Burch & Platt, San Diego, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Arnold O. Steele (argued), La Jolla, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WRIGHT and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, Sr. District Judge.


OPINION

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This is an action to recover damages for alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and state law. Defendants moved to dismiss, claiming that the case does not involve the purchase or sale of a "security" and therefore neither the Securities Act nor the Securities Exchange Act confer jurisdiction on the district court.1 The district court held...

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