The following excerpt is from Portnoy v. Memorex Corp., 667 F.2d 1281 (9th Cir. 1982):
Other courts have continued to apply the pragmatic approach when it is necessary to analyze the transaction itself rather than the statutory language of 16(b). In Matas v. Siess, 467 F.Supp. 217 (S.D.N.Y.1979), the court stated that:
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