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CFTC v. AMERICAN METAL EXCHANGE CORP.

Civ. No. 87-2591.

693 F.Supp. 168 (1988)

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, State of New Jersey, and State of Florida, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN METAL EXCHANGE CORP., Anglo Swiss Metals, Ltd., F.C. & M. Investment Corp., Trans World Metals Corporation, Amalgamated Redemption Centers, Inc., Robert Maxwell a/k/a Robert Lebovitch, Bill Frank, and Michael Jebrock, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 18, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Schwartz, Lawrence Duffy, Baskin, Flaherty, Elliott, Manning & Schwartz, Boca Raton, Fla., and John T. Kelley, Baskin, Flaherty, Elliott, Manning & Gorman, Marlton, N.J., for Transword Metals Corp. and Michael Jebrock.

Agnes I. Rymer, Clapp & Eisenberg, Newark, N.J., and Charles J. Hecht, New York City, for defendant Robert Maxwell.

Dennis M. O'Keefe, Stephen Hall and Christina Franz, Div. of Enforcement, Commodity Future Trading Com'n, Washington, D.C., and Samuel A. Alito, Jr., U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for Commodity Future Trading Com'n.

Rodney C. Wade, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Office of the Comptroller, Tallahassee, Fla., for the State of Fla.

Claude E. Salomon, Deputy Atty. Gen., Div. of Law, Newark, N.J., for the State of N.J.

Thomas Greelish, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae, Newark, N.J., Temporary Equity Receiver of Anglo Swiss Metal Corp., American Metals Exchange Corp., FC & M Inv. Corp.

Robert Eisenberg, Jersey City, N.J., and Stanley Meyer, DePetris & Meyer, New York City, for Bill Frank, American Metals Exchange, AC & M Inv. Corp., and Anglo Swiss Metals.

OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In this action, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and the States of Florida and New Jersey seek the issuance of injunctive and ancillary equitable relief against various persons and corporations allegedly engaged in conduct which violates the Commodity Exchange Act ("CEA"), 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., N.J.S.A. 49:3-60, et seq., and Fla.Stat.Ann. § 517...

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