IRVING WEIS & CO. v. BRANNAN

No. 39, Docket 20980.

171 F.2d 232 (1948)

IRVING WEIS & CO. et al. v. BRANNAN, Secretary of Agriculture.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

December 7, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold H. Corbin, of New York City (Corbin, Bennett & Delehanty and Edward J. Bennett, all of New York City, on the brief), for petitioners.

Neil Brooks, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen. (J. Stephen Doyle, Jr., Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Lewis A. Sigler, Asst. Associate Sol., and Benjamin M. Holstein, Atty., U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, both of Washington, D. C., and John F. X. McGohey, U. S. Atty., of New York City, on the brief), for respondent.

Before L. HAND, Chief Judge, and CLARK and FRANK, Circuit Judges.


CLARK, Circuit Judge.

This is a proceeding to review an order of the Judicial Officer of the Department of Agriculture, acting for the Secretary of Agriculture, suspending petitioners' registration and trading privileges for a ten-day period for violation of § 4 of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C.A. § 6, and § 1.37 of the regulations, 17 CFR 1.37, issued under the Act. These prohibit dealings in commodity futures except through members of designated...

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