BD. OF TRADE, ETC. v. COMMODITY FUTURES TRAD. COM'N

No. 78-1089.

627 F.2d 392 (1980)

BOARD OF TRADE OF the CITY OF CHICAGO v. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided May 13, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Axelrad, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, Barbara Allen Babcock, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Leonard Schaitman, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Mahlon M. Frankhauser, Washington, D. C., with whom David R. Schwiesow, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before ROBINSON and ROBB, Circuit Judges, and RICHEY, United States District Judge for the District of Columbia.


Opinion for the Court filed by ROBINSON, Circuit Judge.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This case is the aftermath of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's refusal to divulge to the Board of Trade of the City of Chicago the identities of "trade sources" who have supplied information to the Commission concerning the Board's plywood futures contract. The Commission argues that its release of all materials in its possession, but with identifying...

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