MUELLER v. SULLIVAN

No. 97-1671.

141 F.3d 1232 (1998)

Mark W. MUELLER and James I. Stopple, Petitioners-Appellants, v. Michael SULLIVAN, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Geis (argued), Chicago, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

James E. Doyle, Roy Korte (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Wis. Dept. of Justice, Madison, WI, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before BAUER, COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Wisconsin has enacted the Uniform Securities Act, one section of which is modeled on § 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, an anti-fraud catch-all. Mark Mueller and James Stopple were convicted of violating this statute, Wis. Stat. § 551.41, by inducing clients who sold through their auction house, Farm Loan Services, to accept payment in corporate notes rather than cash. (Technically, they were convicted of engaging...

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