Cases

MAGILL, Circuit Judge: This appeal arises from a class action lawsuit brought by customers (the “Class”) of MultiVest Options, Inc., a commodity futures brokerage firm, against *1275 MultiVest, its parent companies, and James Grosfeld, who owned and controlled MultiVest. The lawsuit alleged that

GILMAN, Circuit Judge: *1319 After reviewing the Defendants' Petition to Rehear, and having considered supplemental briefing by the parties, we vacate the original opinion in this case, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Comm'n v. Southern Trust Metals, Inc. ,

USCA11 Case: 20-14292 Date Filed: 08/01/2022 Page: 1 of 66 [PUBLISH] In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 20-14292 ____________________ CLUB MADONNA INC., a Florida corporation d.b.a. Club Madonna, Plaintiff-Appellan

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed September 20, 2016. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D16-2090 Lower Tribunal No. 16-20844 ________________ Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, et al.,

GILMAN, Circuit Judge: This is a commodities-fraud case. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) began investigating Southern Trust Metals, Inc., Loreley *1257 Overseas Corporation, and Robert Esco-bio (collectively, the Defendants) in response to an investor’s complaint. That compla

JORDAN, Circuit Judge: In the hierarchy of law, language is king. Words matter in constitutions, treaties, statutes, rules, cases, and contracts. And, as seen in this case, they matter in civil rights settlement agreements which, once judicially approved, become consent decrees. David Peery, on behalf of a class, asks us to award his counsel attorneys’

ORDER AND OPINION DENYING DEFENDANT BILL PERRY’S MOTIONS TO DISMISS DONALD M. MIDDLEBROOKS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE THIS CAUSE comes before the Court upon Defendants Bill Perry’s (“Perry”) multiple pro se Motions to Dismiss with Prejudice (“Motions”), filed between December 29, 2016 and January 25, 2017. (DE 38, 42, 44, 45,.51, & 52). Plaintiff Melanie E. Damian, Receiver for the Hunter Wi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BRICKLAYERS & TROWEL TRADES INTERNATIONAL PENSION FUND, et al., Plaintiffs, Civil Action No. 17-0381 (DLF) v. MIAMI VALLEY MASONRY, INC., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before the Court is the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Entry of Judgme

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed September 20, 2016. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D16-2090 Lower Tribunal No. 16-20844 ________________ Miami-Dade County Board of County Commissioners, et al.,

OPINION AND ORDER JOHN G. KOELTL, District Judge: This case is about an alleged Ponzi scheme marketed as an investment to buy and resell tickets to popular Broadway shows and national pop music tours. The plaintiffs are a group of individual investors and their affiliated entities: I.B. Trading, Inc., Ian Behar, JoRon Management, LLC, Jordan Levy, Thomas and Elizabeth M

USCA11 Case: 23-14175 Document: 51-1 Date Filed: 02/06/2026 Page: 1 of 53 FOR PUBLICATION In the United States Court of Appeals For the Eleventh Circuit ____________________ No. 23-14175 ____________________ CLENNON DEWAYNE MELTON,

361 F.Supp.2d 712 (2005) Lawrence W. WELLER, Plaintiff, v. TITANIUM METALS CORP., et al., Defendants. No. C2-02-290. United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Division. March 21, 2005. *713 Raymond J. Tisone, Warren, OH, for Plaintiff. George Edward Yund, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendant. <

351 F.Supp.2d 769 (2005) John A. DeSANZO, et al., Plaintiffs, v. TITANIUM METALS CORP., Defendant. No. C2-03-524. United States District Court, S.D. Ohio, Eastern Division. January 10, 2005. *770 *771 *772 Patrick Stanley Cassidy, Cassidy, Myers, Cogan, Voe

FINAL ORDER OF DISMISSAL WILLIAM J. ZLOCH, District Judge. THIS MATTER is before the Court upon Defendants’ Memorandum Of Law In Opposition To Plaintiffs Motion For Preliminary Injunction (DE 20), which the Court construes as a Motion To Dismiss pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), oral argument at the preliminary injunction hearing held on May 24, 2011, and the supple

(2007) Holley RAUEN and Nikki Hartman, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF MIAMI, et al., Defendants. Case No. 06-21182-CIV. United States District Court, S.D. Florida, Miami Division. September 17, 2007. ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT CECILIA M. ALTONAGA, District Judge. THIS CAUSE came before the Court for a hearing on June 12, 2007, on De

702 F.Supp.2d 320 (2010) ANIMAL SCIENCE PRODUCTS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CHINA NATIONAL METALS & MINERALS IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. No. Civ. 05-4376(GEB). United States District Court, D. New Jersey. April 1, 2010. *325 Robert A. Magnanini, Esq., Stone and Magnanini, LLP, Richard E. Donovan, E

THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Defendant Erika M. Willingham's Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 153; Motion), filed on June 27, 2017. On July 11, 2017, Plaintiffs filed their Opposition to Defendant Erika M. Willingham's Renewed Motion for Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 157; Response). With leave of Court, see Endorsed Order (Doc. No. 162), Erika Willingham filed her Reply to Plaintiffs' Response in Opposition to Defendant's Ren

68 So.3d 1003 (2011) UNITED TEACHERS OF DADE, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. The SCHOOL DISTRICT OF MIAMIDADE COUNTY, etc., et al, Appellees/Cross-Appellants. No. 3D11-163. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District. September 7, 2011. *1004 Phillips, Richard & Rind and Patricia Ireland, for appellant/cross-appellee.</

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed October 26, 2022. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing. ________________ No. 3D22-0447 Lower Tribunal No. 20-26158 CC ________________ Ted & Stan's Towing Service, Inc., et al., Petitioner

BIRCH, Circuit Judge: In this class action, customers of the commodity futures brokerage firm, Multi-Vest Options, Inc. (“MOI”), brought suit against the firm and its brokers and alleged that the defendants engaged in a scheme to defraud customers by soliciting and stimulating excessive trading in commodities options. James Grosfeld, as owner of MOI’s parent company, MultiVest,