COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COM'N v. FIELD

No. 00-1764.

249 F.3d 592 (2001)

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carmen FIELD, individually and d/b/a HFI, Mona Smith, individually and d/b/a HFI, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 24, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy R. Page (argued), Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

James E. Foster (argued), Funk & Foster, Hammond, IN, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before MANION, ROVNER, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "Commission") filed a civil complaint against appellants and other defendants, alleging that they defrauded participants in two commodity pools by misappropriating participants' funds, misrepresenting material facts while soliciting participants, and issuing false statements to the pool participants. The parties engaged in settlement discussions, which form the basis of this appeal...

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