In Re Chicago Partnership Board, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JOHN H. SQUIRES, Bankruptcy Judge.

This matter comes before the Court on the motion of J. William Holland, as Trustee (the “SIPA Trustee”) for the liquidation of the business of Chicago Partnership Board, Inc., and a hearing on the opposition to his determination regarding the claim of Paul M. Mitchell (“Mitchell”). For the reasons set forth herein, the Court sustains the determination of the SIPA Trustee to disallow the claim of Mitchell as a “customer” claim as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 78111(2) on account of a “security” as defined in 15 U.S.C. § 78ffl(14). Rather, Mitchell’s…