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U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Amaranth Advisors, LLC

District Court, S.D. New York

Decided June 10, 2008No. 07 Civ. 6682 (DC)PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHIN, District Judge.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) brings this action against defendants Amaranth Advisers, L.L.C. (“Amaranth Advisors”), Amaranth Advisors (Calgary) ULC (“Amaranth Calgary”; together, “Amaranth”), and Brian Hunter under the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEA”), 7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. The CFTC alleges that defendants attempted to manipulate the price of natural gas futures contracts by deliberately waiting to sell a substantial number of those contracts in the final minutes before the close of trading. Amaranth also purportedly attempted to…

2Cases cited30 opinions

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3Cited by17 opinions

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