SECURITIES & EXCH. COM'N v. WENCKE

Nos. 77-1645 to 77-1648 and 77-2146.

577 F.2d 619 (1978)

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Appellee, v. Walter WENCKE, the Butt Trust, the Sailor Trust, the Grape Institute Trust, the Grape Institute, Inc., Irreatum, Inc., et al., Appellants. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Appellee, v. Walter WENCKE et al., Defendants, and Time-Lenders, Inc., Appellant. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Appellee, v. Walter WENCKE et al., Defendants, and Cathryn Wencke and Time-Lenders, Inc., et al., Appellants. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Appellee, v. Walter WENCKE et al., Defendants, and San Diego Environmental Charitable Trust, Hawksfoot, Ltd., Zippe Ltd., Rinn Corp., et al., Appellants. SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Appellee, v. Walter WENCKE, Cathryn Wencke, Santa Fe Financial, Time-Lenders, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Kissane (argued), of Strauss, Kissane & Davis, San Diego, Cal., for appellants.

Paul Gonson, Associate Gen. Counsel (argued), Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, GOODWIN, and SNEED, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Walter Wencke, his wife, certain associates, and a number of corporations and charitable trusts which he and his associates controlled, alleging that he was looting the assets of publicly owned companies in violation of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

A year before the SEC complaint, Wencke petitioned a Nevada court for a receivership of Sun Fruit, Ltd....

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