Legal Opinion
Poplar Grove Planting & Refining Co. v. Bache Halsey Stuart Inc.
District Court, M.D. Louisiana
Decided February 12, 1979No. Civ. 77-83PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GORDON WEST, District Judge:
In 1974, the plaintiff, Poplar Grove Planting and Refining Co., Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Poplar Grove), opened a sugar commodities trading account with Bache Halsey Stuart Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Bache), out of Bache’s Houston office. In its first year in the commodities market, Poplar Grove lost approximately $220,000. The following year the account was transferred to Bache’s New Orleans office, where it was assigned to Account Executive James Ghio, for handling. This apparently proved to be an advantageous decision, as Poplar Grove earned…
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