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· 3/25/1982

First Commodity Corp. Of Boston and Richard Badoian v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and John Ruddy

Citations

  • 676 F.2d 1
  • 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 20681

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  • holding that, where Montana law deemed governmental 7 entities indispensable parties in a state tort claim against a county employee, the federal 8 court had no supplemental jurisdiction over the state tort claim if it had no jurisdiction over 9 the indispensable party
  • noting that section 6o is an “antifraud provision that does not depend on scienter”
  • treating physician opinion entitled to no more weight than a consulting physician if the disability assessment is conclusory
  • pointing out that reckless behavior is sufficient to incur liability under SEC Rule 10b-5
  • Commodity Exchange Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 1-24, allows the Commission to predicate liability upon state of mind amounting to recklessness
  • standard of “willfulness” includes careless disregard

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Judges: Coffin, Davis, Breyer

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