Legal Opinion
Dirks v. Clayton Brokerage Co.
District Court, D. Minnesota
Decided March 12, 1985No. Civ. No. 4-84-354PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MacLAUGHLIN, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification. The Court will grant plaintiffs’ motion.
FACTS
In 1977, David Delbridge, a commodities pool operator based in St. Louis, Missouri, began soliciting investors for limited partnership units in commodity futures pools (Daley Pools). Delbridge conducted his solicitations through a corporate entity, the Morgan J. Daley Corp. (Daley), of which he was the president. Delbridge eventually siphoned over $1 million of investors’ money into his personal funds. In 1981 the Commodities Futures Trading…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- East Texas Motor Freight System, Inc. v. RodriguezSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Deposit Guaranty National Bank v. RoperSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Bogosian v. Gulf Oil Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Caplin v. Marine Midland Grace Trust Co. of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Esplin v. HirschiCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by36 opinions
- In re Potash Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1995
- Hervey v. City of Little RockCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Lockwood Motors, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1995
- In re Workers' CompensationDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1990
- Moskowitz v. LoppDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1989
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