Legal Opinion
Hunter v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 15, 2013No. 11-1477PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
Pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission fined petitioner $80 million for manipulating natural gas futures contracts. According to petitioner, FERC lacks authority to fine him because the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has exclusive jurisdiction over all transactions involving commodity futures contracts. Because manipulation of natural gas futures contracts falls within the CFTC’s exclusive jurisdiction and because nothing in the Energy Policy Act clearly and manifestly…
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