Securities Investor Protection Corp. v. Barbour

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1975-05-19

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Me. Justice Marshall delivered the opinion of the Court. The Securities Investor Protection Corp. (SIPC) was established by Congress as a nonprofit membership corporation for the purpose, inter alia, of providing financial relief to the customers of failing broker-dealers with whom they had left cash or securities on deposit. The question…

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