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SMITH v. GROOVER

No. 77 C 2297.

468 F.Supp. 105 (1979)

Philip M. SMITH, John Plutino, Ronald Cornell and Stephen Marks v. Richard C. GROOVER, Robert N. Meyer, Jr., Ralph J. Hemminger, Edward A. Arnold, and the Chicago Board of Trade and John Does 1 thru 20, Sam H. LaMantia and William R. Marbel.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

Supplemental Opinion February 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Liebling, Hauselman, Miller, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Anton R. Valukas, Eugene R. Wedoff, Jenner & Block, Irwin Askow, Tenney & Bentley, Kirkland & Ellis, Philip F. Johnson, John H. Stassen, Duane M. Kelley, Winston & Strawn, David S. Acker, Winston & Strawn, William J. Martin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are buyers and sellers of soybean futures contracts at the Chicago Board of Trade's soybean pit. Defendants are individual soybean traders or brokers and the Chicago Board of Trade ("CBOT" and "the Board"). Plaintiffs allege that they were injured by the manipulative pricing practices of the individual defendants and the failure of the CBOT to enforce its rules.

The CBOT is a contract market, as...

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