Legal Opinion
Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. McDonnell
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided March 6, 2018No. 18–CV–361PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jack B. Weinstein, Senior United States District Judge:
*216Table of Contents
I. Introduction...216
A. Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") Standing ...217
B. Injunctive Relief...217
II. Facts...217
III. Background of Bitcoin and Virtual Currencies...218
A. Description of Virtual Currencies...218
B. Expansion and Value...218
C. Fraud and Crime...219
D. Regulation and Oversight of Virtual Currency...220
1. Potential Virtual Currency Regulation...220
2. Oversight by CFTC...221
3. Concurrent Oversight from Other Agencies...222
IV. Law...223
A. Jurisdiction...223
B. Standing...223
1. Enforcement Power of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. YeskeySupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Sierra Club Inc. v. Michael O. LeavittCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- United States v. James BrooksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. British American Commodity Options Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. McDonnellDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2018
- Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. McDonnellDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2018
- Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. My Big Coin Pay, Inc.District Court, District of Columbia · 2018
- Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Monex Credit Co.District Court, C.D. California · 2018
- Zhang Jingrong v. Chinese Anti-Cult World AllianceDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2018
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