Legal Opinion
Commodity Trend Service, Inc. v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 6, 2000No. 99-4142, 99-4143 and 00-3734PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Commodity Trend Service, Inc., now known as CTS Financial Publishing, Inc. (“CTS”), appeals the determination that it is subject to the antifraud provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). The principals of CTS, Dennis Blitz and Nick Van Nice, appeal the enforcement of an administrative subpoena issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”). For the reasons stated herein, we affirm both of the district court’s decisions.
I. Background
CTS provides impersonal advice about the commodities markets to its customers through a number of publications…
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