Gunderson v. ADM Investor Services, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT GRAIN ELEVATORS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

BENNETT, Chief Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION..896

II. FACTUAL BACKGROUND.!.898

III. LEGAL ANALYSIS. ____

A. Standards For Motions To Dismiss....902

B. CEA Fraud Claims ....902

1. Pleading requirements of FED. R. CIV. P. 9(b) ....903

2. The pleading of fraud in Counts VI and IX-...905

3. Dismissal with prejudice....907

C. Count Vi’s Allegations Of Excessive Speculation ......907

D. Count VIII’s Failure-To-Register Allegations....909

E. Count XI-Commodity Trading Advisors Allegations...910

F. Counts VI, VII, VIII…