Legal Opinion
Equitable Trust Company v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1982No. 81-1020PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
On November 23, 1977, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“Commission”) issued an order in the matter of a December 1977 coffee “C” futures contract, an executory contract for future sale, delivery, and payment of coffee traded on the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange (“Exchange”). The Exchange is designated by the Commission as a “contract market.” 7 U.S.C. § 7. The order was issued pursuant to section 8a(9) of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission Act of 1974, 7 U.S.C. § 12a(9). 1 The emergency order, issued ex parte without a hearing, stated that, on the basis…
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