http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a_9SNNWeBunY&pos=5 Feb. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Pacific Investment Management Co., clearing the way for a lawsuit seeking more than $600 million for the companyâs alleged manipulation of the price of Treasury futures contracts on the Chicago Board of Trade. The justices today let stand a federal appeals court ruling that said traders could press their suit against the company as a class action. Pimco, manager of the worldâs largest bond fund, argued unsuccessfully that many of the investors in the class actually would have made money had the market manipulation taken place as alleged. The five-year-old lawsuit accuses Pimco of cornering the market for contracts on 10-year Treasury notes during May and June 2005. Pimco allegedly used its holdings to drive up the price for traders who had sold short -- that is, contracted to sell notes on a specified later date -- and needed to cover their positions. In letting the suit go forward, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said that âalthough some of the class members probably were net gainers from the alleged manipulation, there is no reason at this stage to believe many were.â Pimco argued that the lower court ruling âinvites ever-more adventurous class-action litigation.â The plaintiffs, Richard Hershey and Breakwater Trading LLC, say Pimco reaped $1 billion in profits from the scheme. Pimco allegedly bought as much as 87 percent of the contracts to buy June 2005 notes, or long positions.
1) If the CBOT/CME didn't sanction PIMCO when this occured, the case should only be profitable for the lawyers involved. 2) As long as PIMCO didn't do anything blatantly illegal in the cash market, it seems a waste. 3) Is he related to Jack? 4) 87% of open interest? Damn! Atleast 1-million contracts! :eek: