GROSSMAN v. CITRUS ASSOC. OF N.Y. COTTON EXCHANGE

No. 87 Civ. 8117 (CSH).

706 F.Supp. 221 (1989)

Gerald GROSSMAN, d/b/a Commodity Traders Weather Service, The Joint Trading Account of Gerald Grossman and Arthur Blumenfeld—Rosenthal Segregated Account, Arthur Blumenfeld, Milton Taylor, Andrew Weiss, Anne Schlanger, and Frank Baltakis, On Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Persons Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITRUS ASSOCIATES OF the NEW YORK COTTON EXCHANGE, INC., Frank S. Pusateri Associates, Inc., Futures Asset Management, Inc., Frank Pusateri, Freese-Notis Co., First American Discount Corp., William "Bill" Mallers, "John Doe" and "Jane Doe," the last two defendants referring to persons whose identity is currently unknown, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

February 7, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Hecht, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Mound, Cotton & Wollan, New York City, for Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange, Inc.; Michael R. Koblenz, Costantino P. Suriano, Mitchell S. Cohen, of counsel.

Kent & Eilen, New York City, for First American Discount Corp. and William Mallers Sr.; Howard S. Eilen, of counsel.

David G. Trachtenberg, New York City, Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn & Shors, Des Moines, Iowa, for Freese-Notis Associates, Inc.

Newman Tannenbaum Helpern Syracuse & Hirschtritt, New York City, for Frank S. Pusateri Associates, Inc. and Frank S. Pusateri; Richard A. Miller, Richard S. Murad, of counsel.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HAIGHT, District Judge:

This action for alleged violations of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 1 et seq. (the "Act") is now before the Court on various motions of the defendants. Specifically, defendant Citrus Associates of the New York Cotton Exchange, Inc. ("Citrus Exchange") moves for dismissal pursuant to F.R.Civ.P. 8(a), 9(b) and 12(b)(6); defendants Frank Pusateri ("Pusateri"), Frank S. Pusateri...

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