U.S. v. RADLEY

No. 09-20699.

632 F.3d 177 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark David RADLEY; James Warren Summers; Cody Dean Claborn; Carrie Kienenberger, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Edward Hollar (argued), Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, DC, James Lee Turner , Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charles Roe Mills (argued), Barry M. Hartman , K&L Gates, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Danny S. Ashby , K&L Gates, L.L.P., Dallas, TX, for Radley.

Jacks C. Nickens, Jr. (argued), Gail M. Brownfeld , Nickens, Keeton, Lawless, Farrell & Flack, Houston, TX, Roger Eric Zuckerman , Douglas Ryan Miller , Zuckerman Spaeder, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Gregg Lewis Bernstein , Zuckerman Spaeder, L.L.P., Baltimore, MD, Mark A. Flessner, Chicago, IL, for Summers.

Mitchell Baylor Lansden , Jill Luschei Lansden , Mitchell B. Lansden & Associates, Houston, TX, Kevin Michael Flynn , Chicago, IL, for Claborn.

David Benjamin Gerger , Gerger & Clarke, Houston, TX, Erika L. Csicsilla , Schiff Hardin, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, David s. Rosenbloom , McDermott Will & Emery, L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Keinenberger.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and REAVLEY and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.


EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:

The United States appeals from the district court's order dismissing the indictment of Appellees for wire fraud and violations of the Commodities Exchange Act (CEA), 7 U.S.C. § 13(a)(2). Because Appellees' conduct fell within a statutory exemption for off-exchange commodities transactions, we affirm the dismissal of the indictment's price manipulation and cornering counts. Although the CEA exemption does not necessarily inoculate...

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