Legal Opinion

Top of Iowa Cooperative v. Schewe

District Court, N.D. Iowa

Decided May 25, 1998No. C 96-3146-MWBPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER REGARDING CROSS-MOTIONS FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

BENNETT, District Judge.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION. 847

A. Procedural Background. 847

B. Factual Background... OO 847

II. LEGAL ANALYSIS.. 849

A. Standards For Summarg Judgment. 849

B. The Securities Exchange Act Claim. 850

1. The Howey test.: 850

2. Application of the Howey test to Schewe’s HTAs. 851

C. The Commodities Exchange Act Claim. 853

1. Schewe’s HTAs . 854

2. Schewe’s attempt to distinguish or dispute Oeltjenbrun 856

D. Inability To Recover Margin Calls. 858

III.CONCLUSION .859

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2Cases cited49 opinions

  1. Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of CatrettSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
  5. United Housing Foundation, Inc. v. FormanSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Lowell E. Harter and Doretta Harter v. Iowa Grain Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
  2. Top of Iowa Cooperative, an Iowa Cooperative, Cross-Appellant/appellee v. Virgil E. Schewe, Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2003
  3. Nagel v. ADM Investor Services, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1999
  4. Monsanto Co. v. Wood (In Re Wood)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2004
  5. Gunderson v. ADM Investor Services, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 2000

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