Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
BP Performance Polymers, Inc. v. Ethyl Corp.
BP Performance Polymers, Inc. v. Ethyl Corp., 513 U.S. 1153 (1995)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1995-02-21
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- stating that an investment contract exists when there has been (1) an investment of money in (2) a common enterprise with (3) an expectation of profits derived solely from the efforts of others
- upholding jury instruction that the "interest" contemplated by § 1962(b) meant acquiring stock or ownership equity and also entailed gaining "actual day-to-day involvement in the management and operation" of the enterprise.
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed BP Performance Polymers, Inc. v. Ethyl Corp.. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
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C. A. 8th Cir. Certiorari denied.