Legal Opinion
Kohen v. Pacific Investment Management Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 2009No. 08-1075PublishedCited by 232 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The defendants in this class action suit have appealed from the district court’s certification of a plaintiff class. Fed.R.Civ.P. 23(f). The suit, based on section 22(a) of the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. § 25(a), accuses the defendants, collectively “PIMCO,” of having violated section 9(a) of the Act, 7 U.S.C. § 13(a), by cornering a futures market. A corner is a form of monopolization. See United States v: Patten, 226 U.S. 525, 539-42, 33 S.Ct. 141, 57 L.Ed. 333 (1913); Great Western Food Distributors, Inc. v. Brannan, 201 F.2d 476, 478-79 (7th Cir.1953); Peto v.…
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