Legal Opinion
Chu v. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 25, 2016No. 13-73294PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (“CFTC” or “Commission”) determination that an independent commodity trading advisor “had actual and apparent authority” to conduct certain trades of commodities futures on behalf of an investor. Chenli Chu, a retiree with significant trading experience, received $500,000 following her husband’s death. After consultation with Jennifer Huang, her long-time commodity trading advisor, and James Kelly, an account executive at her futures commission merchant (“FCM”), Peregrine Financial Group…
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