CAUCUS DISTRIBUTORS, INC. v. MARYLAND SECURITIES

No. 138, September Term, 1989.

320 Md. 313 (1990)

577 A.2d 783

CAUCUS DISTRIBUTORS, INC. ET AL. v. MARYLAND SECURITIES COMMISSIONER.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

August 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. Moran, Moran & Bladen, P.C., Houston, Tex. on brief, for appellant.

Kathryn M. Rowe, Asst. Atty. Gen., J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., Annapolis, on brief, for appellee.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and CHASANOW, JJ.


MURPHY, Chief Judge.

The principal questions presented are whether certain promissory notes, issued by a nonprofit corporation, are within the definition of a "security" under the Maryland Securities Act (the Act), Maryland Code (1985 Repl.Vol.), §§ 11-101 through 11-805 of the Corporations and Associations Article; and whether, if they are securities, the Act's regulatory provisions constitute an infringement upon the organization's First Amendment rights...

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