Board of Trade of the City of Chicago v. Christie Grain Stock Company

Board of Trade of the City of Chicago v. Christie Grain Stock Company
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Chicago Board of Trade v. Christie Grain, 198 U.S. 236 (1905), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court, which upheld sales of American grain for future delivery provided for by the rules of the Chicago Board of Trade of the state of Illinois. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. delivered the majority opinion of the court, in which he wrote: "People will endeavor to forecast the future and to make agreements according to their prophecy."Warning: template has been deprecated.

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United States Supreme Court

198 U.S. 236

Board of Trade of the City of Chicago v. Christie Grain Stock Company

Argued: April 20, 24, 25, 1905. --- Decided: May 8, 1905

Mr. Henry S. Robbins for petitioner in No. 224, and respondent in No. 280.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 237-240 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. James H. Harkless, W. H. Rossington, Charles S.C.rysler, Charles Blood Smith, Clifford Histed, J. S. West, and Chester H. Krum for respondents in No. 224.

Messrs. Lioyd Charles Whitman, E. D. Crumpacker, Jacob J. Kern, John A. Brown, Charles D. Fullen, and Peter Crumpacker for petitioner in No. 280.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 241-244 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. Julien T. Davies, Abram I. Elkus, and Garrard Glenn by special leave for Edwin Hawley and Frank R. Ray.

Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court:

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