Petition of the day
By Aurora Barnes
on Mar 7, 2018

Thepetition of the day is:
17-1099
Issues:(1) Whether the anti-spoofing provision of the Dodd-Frank Act, 7 U.S.C. 6c(a)(5)(C), is unconstitutionally vague; and (2) whether placing genuine open-market orders that could be and, in some instances, were executed can constitute commodity fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1348(1) based solely on the traders purported intent in placing the orders.
Posted in Cases in the Pipeline
Cases: Coscia v. United States
Recommended Citation:
Aurora Barnes,
Petition of the day,
SCOTUSblog (Mar. 7, 2018, 12:00 AM),
https://www.scotusblog.com/2018/03/petition-of-the-day-1337/