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unusual facts about Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon


Shearson/American Express Inc. v. McMahon

Several cases brought by investors from Brownsville, Texas, also Shearson clients, who claimed to have lost almost half a million dollars in fraudulent or malfeasant trades were combined under Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Express Inc., filed suit under both acts.


Jack Delaney

Delaney was rewarded with a title shot against light heavyweight champion Berlanbach, in a 15-round fight, co-promoted by Roderick James "Jess" McMahon and Tex Rickard.

John McMahon

John N. McMahon (born 1929), former Deputy Director of Central Intelligence and as Deputy Director for Operations for the CIA

Kevin R. McMahon

McMahon attended the University of Michigan, where his primary teachers were Jacob Krachmalnick and Gustav Meier.

Odor amplifier

Odor amplifier is the plausible, but fictitious, invention of mechanical engineer Thomas A. McMahon that is described in his 1970 novel, Principles of American Nuclear Chemistry: A Novel, in which it is invented by a character modeled on Richard Feynman.

Peter A. Cohen

In 1978, Cohen left Shearson for one year to work for Edmond Safra at Republic New York Corporation and the Trade Development Bank before returning to Shearson in 1979.

Peter Cohen

Peter A. Cohen, former Chairman and CEO of Shearson Lehman Brothers and current Chairman and CEO of Cowen Group

Remote viewing

A number of CIA officials, including John N. McMahon (then the head of the Office of Technical Service and later the Agency's deputy director) became strong supporters of the program.

Rodriguez de Quijas v. Shearson/American Express Inc.

In the early 1980s several small first-time investors in Brownsville, Texas, opened accounts with Shearson/American Express agent Jon Grady Deaton.

Thomas McMahon

Thomas A. McMahon (1943–1999), novelist and Professor of Applied Mechanics and Biology at Harvard University

Thomas J. McMahon (1948–1969), American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient

Vince McMahon, Sr.

McMahon had two sons Roderick McMahon II and a younger son, Vincent K. McMahon with his first wife Vicky H. Askew (Born 1920) in 1945.

Westcoast Transmission Co.

was a Canadian company founded in 1949 by entrepreneur Frank McMahon who saw an enormous opportunity to supply natural gas to the huge industrial and residential markets in the United States.


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