Legal Opinion
Jerry W. Slusser, First Republic Financial Corporation, and First Republic Trading Corporation v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 24, 2000No. 99-2947PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
During the spring of 1989, Jerry Slusser and entities he controls came into possession of approximately $29 million that German investors had entrusted to International Participation Corporation (ipc) for investment in American financial markets. IPC raised the money using a prospectus offering investors a choice from a number of portfolios. Portfolios III and IV were to be invested in financial futures traded on a public exchange. Investors were to receive 65% of all profits; ipc was entitled to the other 35% (plus a 10% surcharge at the time of the initial…
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