Legal Opinion
Joann Aamot v. Robert L. Kassel
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1993No. 91-6113PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge.
I
Defendant Robert Kassel was ostensibly the legal counsel to a company known as National Coal Exchange (NCE). From April 1980 until December 1981, the principals of NCE sold coal futures to investors across the country. The investment scheme, as it turns out, was a scam, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) brought an action against the principals of NCE for violations of the Commodity Exchange Act in 1981. 1 At the time, the CFTC thought that Kassel was merely NCE’s counsel, and not actively involved in the scheme, so he was not a target of the…
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- Harvey Aluminum, Inc. v. American Cyanamid Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
- Albert H. Carter v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Manze v. State Farm Insurance Company.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Jarrett v. KasselCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
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