Legal Opinion
John H. Ryan v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 16, 1997No. 97-2120PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge,
in chambers.
On August 4, the Chicago Board of Trade moved under Fed. R.App. P. 29 for leave to file a brief amicus curiae in support of the petitioner in this case, who is challenging a disciplinary order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. The motion was referred to me as motions judge and on August 25 I denied the motion without a statement of reasons, precipitating a further motion by the Board of Trade, this time asking me to explain myself — which I am happy to do.
The tendency of many judges of this court, including myself, has been to grant motions for leave…
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