Industry Groups Announce Intent to File Brief in Support of Speculative Position Limits
The Commodity Markets Oversight Coalition filed a Motion for Leave to Participate as Amicus Curiae with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on the case regarding speculative position limits for commodities (International Swaps & Derivatives Association, et al v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, No. 12-5362).
The document announces the coalition’s intent to file an amicus curiae brief and requests the court’s approval to file a separate brief in support of the CFTC. We are confident the court will respond favorably to our request. The document also provides the court with a preliminary list of organizations supporting our brief. This list continues to grow and we will provide a full list to the court upon the filing of our brief.
The original filing deadline for the brief was March 28th but the Court recently suspended the briefing schedule. We expect briefs will now be due sometime in April.
Preliminary list as of March 13, 2013:
Airlines for America
American Bakers Association
American Feed Industry Association
American Public Gas Association
American Trucking Associations
California Independent Oil Marketers Association
Connecticut Energy Marketers Association
Empire State Petroleum Association
Fuel Merchants Association of New Jersey
Gasoline and Automotive Service Dealers of America
Industrial Energy Consumers of America
Maine Energy Marketers Association
Massachusetts Oilheat Council
Mississippi Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association
Montana Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Store Association
NAFA Fleet Management Association
National Association of Shell Marketers
National Family Farm Coalition
National Farmers Union
National Grange
National Latino Farmers & Ranchers Trade Association
New England Fuel Institute
New York Oil Heating Association
Oil Heat Council of New Hampshire
Oilheat Council of Long Island
Oilheat Institute of Rhode Island
Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Stores of Iowa
Petroleum Marketers Association of America
Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund (R-CALF) USA
Utah Petroleum Marketers and Retailers Association
Vermont Fuel Dealers Association
Washington Oil Marketers Association
West Virginia Oil Marketers and Grocers Association