Legal Opinion
Blunt Ellis & Loewi, Inc. v. Hlavinka
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided May 18, 1989No. Civ. A. 89-C-432PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
TERENCE T. EVANS, District Judge.
Blunt Ellis & Loewi, Inc., John Fromm, and Peter Pfeffer have filed this lawsuit seeking an injunction against Ronald P. Hlavinka and Jimmie G. Davison. Blunt Ellis is a registered futures commission merchant in Milwaukee. Fromm and Pfef-fer are employees of Blunt Ellis. Mr. Hla-vinka was a customer of Blunt Ellis who lost his shirt — to the tune of some $35,000 —when the silver futures market fell precipitously during a one-week period starting near the end of February, 1983. Mr. Davi-son has acted as Mr. Hlavinka’s lawyer during prior legal proceedings…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. SchorSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Ronald P. Hlavinka v. Commodity Futures Trading CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
3Cited by3 opinions
- Hlavinka v. Blunt, Ellis & Loewi, Inc.Court of Appeals of Wisconsin · 1993
- Blunt, Ellis & Loewi, Inc., John Fromm and Peter Pfeffer v. Ronald P. Hlavinka and Jimmie G. DavisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- Batson v. ShiflettCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1991