In re Keith D. BYBEE, Sr.; Eleonore J. Bybee, dba Keith Bybee Enterprises, Debtors.
John E. KROMMENHOEK, Trustee, Appellant,
v.
A-MARK PRECIOUS METALS, INC.; A-Mark Financial Corporation; Spiral Metals, Inc., Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued and Submitted June 7, 1991.
Decided September 27, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Blaine F. Evans and Jed W. Manwaring, Evans, Keane, Koontz, Boyd, Simko & Ripley, Boise, Idaho, for appellant.
John F. Kurtz, Jr., Hawley, Troxell, Ennis & Hawley, Boise, Idaho, for appellees.
David G. High and Marilyn T. Scanlan, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, Idaho, for amicus curiae State of Idaho.
Jay L. Witkin and Edward S. Geldermann, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Commodity Futures Trading Com'n.
Terence F. Gilheany, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York City, for amicus curiae Commodities Corp. (U.S.A.) N.V.
Thomas E. Heftler, Melvin A. Brosterman, Marvin J. Goldstein and Elizabeth A. Mullins, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, New York City, for amici curiae J. Aron & Co. and AIG Trading Corp.
Mark D. Young, John H. Stassen, Maureen A. Donley-Hoopes, Susan P. Potter, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C. and Chicago, Ill., for amici curiae The Bd. of Trade of the City of Chicago, Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Commodity Exchange, Inc. and New York Mercantile Exchange.
Before WRIGHT, FARRIS and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Keith D. Bybee, Sr., acting in some instances for his own account and at other times for customers, bought gold and silver, bullion and coins, from A-Mark Precious Metals ("A-Mark"). Bybee left a substantial amount of the precious metals on deposit with A-Mark. Unknown to Bybee's customers, A-Mark held a lien on all of this metal to secure amounts owed by Bybee for purchases on margin. The...
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