Legal Opinion
Alken v. Lerner
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided February 22, 1980No. Civ. A. 79-0023PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GERRY, District Judge.
This is an action for violations of the anti-fraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (the “Act”), as amended by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974, 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., 1 and of common law fiduciary duties owed by professionals to a customer. In addition, plaintiff alleges that defendants acted negligently with respect to his commodity trading account with defendants. Jurisdiction is predicated upon 28 U.S.C. § 1331. Defendants now move, pursuant to Rule 12(c) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for judgment on the pleadings,…
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3Cited by15 opinions
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