Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth et al.

Decided May 28, 1985. Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 83-1961 · 471 U.S. 681 (1985) · Cited 514 times

Holding

The stock at issue here is a "security" within the definition of the Acts, United Housing Foundation, Inc.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–1.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. Forman · 421 U.S. 837 (1975)
• Securities & Exchange Commission v. C. M. Joiner Leasing Corp. · 320 U.S. 344 (1943)
• Marine Bank v. Weaver · 455 U.S. 551 (1982)
• Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores · 421 U.S. 723 (1975)
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co. · 328 U.S. 293 (1946)
• International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel · 439 U.S. 551 (1979)
• Tcherepnin v. Knight · 389 U.S. 332 (1967)
• Securities Industry Ass'n v. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System · 468 U.S. 137 (1984)
• Michigan v. Long · 463 U.S. 1032 (1983)
• Ernst & Ernst v. Hochfelder · 425 U.S. 185 (1976)
• J. I. Case Co. v. Borak · 377 U.S. 426 (1964)
• Minnesota v. Clover Leaf Creamery Co. · 449 U.S. 456 (1981)
• Garcia v. United States · 469 U.S. 70 (1984)
• Bennett v. New Jersey · 470 U.S. 632 (1985)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Reves v. Ernst & Young · 494 U.S. 56 (1990)
• Mitsubishi Motors Corp. v. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc. · 473 U.S. 614 (1985)
• Gustafson v. Alloyd Co. · 513 U.S. 561 (1995)
• Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa · 490 U.S. 296 (1989)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon · 482 U.S. 220 (1987)
• Hughey v. United States · 495 U.S. 411 (1990)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• Pinter v. Dahl · 486 U.S. 622 (1988)
• Jones v. United States · 529 U.S. 848 (2000)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1985). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).