KETCHUM v. GREEN

No. 76-2268.

557 F.2d 1022 (1977)

Chandler G. KETCHUM and Harold S. Bigler, Appellants, v. Edward J. GREEN, Harry B. Hiltz, Jr., John C. McCutchen, David G. Roof, William M. Waugh, Jr., Ronald B. Livingston, William M. Steele and Babb, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund K. Trent, Charles C. Cohen, Jonathan W. Delano, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

John J. McLean, Jr., Thomas M. Thompson, Lewis U. Davis, Jr., Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellees.

Before ALDISERT and ADAMS, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge, United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether the district court erred when it dismissed the complaint in a dispute arising out of an intra-corporate contest for control of a close corporation. Specifically, we must ascertain whether the factual matrix here satisfies the "in connection with" clause present in both of § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and its administrative derivative, Rule 10b-5. Such clause...

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