ZIMMERMAN v. CHICAGO BD. OF TRADE

Nos. 02-3844, 02-3997.

360 F.3d 612 (2004)

Raymond ZIMMERMAN, Individually and on behalf of a Class of Similarly Situated Soybean Farmers, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, Patrick H. Arbor, Thomas R. Donovan, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 9, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrance G. Reed (argued), Alexandria, VA, Thomas E. Johnson, Johnson, Jones, Snelling, Gilbert & Davis, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Garrett B. Johnson (argued), Jeffrey L. Willian, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CUDAHY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal represents what may be the last chapter in a story that began more than ten years ago, when the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) issued an Emergency Resolution (the Resolution), which, according to the plaintiffs, depressed the price of soybeans sold in the July 1989 cash market. Only four months later world history took a turn as the Berlin Wall fell. The cold war was over but the "soy war...

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