Legal Opinion
Eby v. Producers Co-Op, Inc.
District Court, W.D. Michigan
Decided February 12, 1997No. 1:96-cv-00567PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT HOLMES BELL, District Judge.
Before the Court is Defendant’s motion to dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6). The Plaintiffs filed their complaint on July 16, 1996. In the complaint, Plaintiffs who are Michigan farmers, claim that Producers, a grain elevator operator with a principal place of business in Constantine, Michigan, marketed to Plaintiffs hedge to arrive contracts (HTAs) 1 which were fraudulent and in violation of the Commodity Exchange Act 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.
The. Plaintiffs claim that the HTAs in question were set up to avoid the rules, regulations and…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Sedima, S. P. R. L. v. Imrex Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Reves v. Ernst & YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Clarence E. Bennett v. Kenneth Berg, Dan R. Sandford, Jr. v. Kenneth BergCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- Craighead v. E.F. Hutton & Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Kenneth M. Romstadt v. Allstate Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Andersons, Inc. v. Horton Farms, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- Lachmund v. ADM Investor Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- Andersons, Inc. v. Horton Farms, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1998
- DeNune v. Consolidated Capital of North America, Inc.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2003
- Farmers Commission Co. v. BurksOhio Court of Appeals · 1998
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