Legal Opinion
Bert Dohmen-Ramirez and Wellington Advisory, Inc. v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and Ronald Ho
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1988No. 86-7540, 86-7725PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
This is a petition for review of an order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) issued in a reparations proceeding. The CFTC upheld the decision of its Administrative Law Judge (AU), made after a full hearing, that Wellington Advisory, Inc. and Bert Dohmen-Ramirez, Wellington’s president and owner, were liable for the fraudulent acts of their agent, Jon Handy, under 7 U.S.C. § 4. Handy was found to have violated 7 U.S.C. § 6b, an anti-fraud provision of the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA), by trading the Wellington-managed commodities account of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. SchorSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Jack W. SavageCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1980
- Joseph P. Cange v. Stotler and Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Robert D. Morris v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Stotler and Company S. Bruce Pattison Stephen Greenfield, IntervenorsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1992
- Steven Lockert v. United States Department of Labor, Ann McLaughlin Secretary of Labor, and Pullman Power Products Corporation, Respondent-IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1989
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Gibraltar Monetary Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
- Theodore Purdy v. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Zoltan Guttman v. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1999
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