CUNNINGHAM v. WATERS TAN & CO.

Nos. 94-2019, 94-2146.

65 F.3d 1351 (1995)

Mark CUNNINGHAM, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, and John M. Stewart, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. WATERS TAN & COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and 1211 Corporation, formerly known as G.H. Miller & Company, Intervening Defendant-Cross-Appellant. John M. STEWART, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, and Mark Cunningham, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. GNP COMMODITIES, INCORPORATED, et al., Defendants-Appellees, and 1211 Corporation, formerly known as G.H. Miller & Company, Intervening Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 11, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constantine J. Gekas (argued), Adrianne S. Harvitt, Alenna K. Bolin, Harvitt & Gekas, Chicago, IL, for Mark Cunningham.

Dennis K. Tan, Tempe, AZ, pro se.

Tom Galbraith, Lewis & Roca, Phoenix, AZ, for GNP Commodities, Incorporated.

Constantine J. Gekas, Adrianne S. Harvitt, Alenna K. Bolin, Harvitt & Gekas, Chicago, IL, for John M. Stewart, Ardelle Stewart, Ecological Society of America, Incorporated, Eva Patten, Emmerson L. Kumm, Elizabeth M. Kumm, Arkansas Industrial Management, Incorporated, Marie Athens, Angelo Barbetta, Paul Barbetta, Ninetta Barbetta, Amy Bork, Betty Combs, Joseph Ernst, Michael R. Hartman, Heil Family Trust, Dwayne A. Heil, Mary M. Ingoglia, Charles H. Ingoglia, Powell Johnson, John M. Laing, Janet B. Laing, Carolyn Lesio, Catherine Lesio and Elenor Lesio.

Michele Odorizzi, Howard J. Roin (argued) Andrew S. Marovitz, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for 1211 Corporation.

Constantine J. Gekas, Adrianne S. Harvitt, Harvitt & Gekas, Chicago, IL, for Powell Johnson, David L. Van De Water, Valentina Ang, Arkansas Industrial Management, Incorporated, Marie Athens, Carmelina Azzaro, Salvatore Azzaro, Angelina Azzaro, Joanne Barbetta, Paul Barbetta, Angelo Barbetta, Sr., Algird Bertman, Nicole Bishop, Chester E. Bleikamp, Jr., Jacklyn Boettner, Bernardo Bono and Amy Bork.

Before ESCHBACH, COFFEY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

Investors defrauded in a commodity pool scheme sued futures commission merchant G.H. Miller & Co. for recovery of their lost funds. Ruling in two consolidated actions, which we shall refer to as the "Cunningham action" and the "Stewart action," the district court granted summary judgment in each. In the Stewart action, the court granted summary judgment on the ground that the investors could not recover from G.H. Miller because the representative...

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