Legal Opinion

In Re Amaranth Natural Gas Commodities Litigation

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided October 6, 2008No. 07 Civ. 6377 (SAS)PublishedCited by 55 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of “speculation;” but which ought to be called gambling.

—William Cobbett 1

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs have filed this putative class action on behalf of a class of all entities that purchased, sold, or held natural gas futures or options on futures contracts between February 16, 2006 and September 28, 2006 (the “Class Period”) against the Amaranth family of companies,…

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