Legal Opinion
Strax v. Commodity Exchange, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 11, 1981No. 79 Civ. 5366(MEL)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LASKER, District Judge.
This lawsuit arises out of the much publicized events in the silver market in 1979 and 1980 which included the meteoric rise in the price of silver and the subsequent collapse of the market in March 1980. Selig Strax filed this class action 1 against Nelson Bunker Hunt, William Herbert Hunt, Lamar Hunt, International Metal Investment Co., Ltd. (“IMIC”), Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Inc., Bache Group (together, “Bache”), Conticommodity Services, Inc., Norton Waltuch, Conticapital Management, Inc., Conticapital Ltd. (together, “Conti”), Melvin Schnell, Gillian Financial,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Transamerica Mortgage Advisors, Inc. v. LewisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Illinois Brick Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Botany Worsted Mills v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Leist v. SimplotCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Mid-West Paper Products Co. v. Continental Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Anthony J. Bosco v. Robert B. SerhantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Taylor v. Bear Stearns & Co.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1983
- Cauble v. Mabon Nugent & Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- In re Commodity Exchange, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 2016
- Grosser v. Commodity Exchange, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1986
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