Bernhard Rosee v. The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, a Corporation

GRUBB, District Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court dismissing the amended complaint herein for want of jurisdiction under the Civil Rights Statutes, 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343, and 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, and the Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C.A., §§ 1 to 17.

Appellant, Bernhard Rosee, a trader member of the Chicago Board of Trade, cleared his transactions through the firm of Baggot and Morrison. In June 1960, Rosee and Baggot and Morrison disputed the status of Rosee’s account, and a claim against Rosee for $13,654.41 was received by the Board of Directors. At Rosee’s request,…