JIM SMITH, ATTORNEY GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, STATE OF FLORIDA, AND JANET RENO, STATE ATTORNEY OF THE 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA, APPELLANTS,
v.
GREEN VALLEY FOODS, INC., SAFE HOLDING CORPORATION AND P. S. G. CORPORATION, ALL FLORIDA CORPORATIONS, APPELLEES

Fla. 3d DCA | 1979-01-09
No. 78-742
Before PEARSON, BARKDULL and HUBBART, JJ.
366 So. 2d 808 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (1979)


Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The trial court held that Title 7, Section 6a, U.S. Code Annotated, creating the Commodities Futures Trading Commission, awarded exclusive jurisdiction to this Federal agency to conduct investigations of interstate1 commodity transactions. With this interpretation we agree. International Trading Ltd. v. Bell, 556 S.W. 2d 420 (Ark.1977); State v. Monex International Limited, 527 S.W. 2d 804 (Tex.Civ.App.1975); Clayton Brokerage Company of St. Louis, Inc. v. Mouer, 531 S.W. 2d 805 (Tex.1975); Securities and Exchange Commission v. American Commodity Exchange, Inc., 546 F. 2d 1361 (10th Cir. 1976).

Therefore, the final judgment under review be and the same is hereby affirmed.

. The State of Florida, through its appropriate officials has the power to investigate and prosecute intrastate commodity transactions, which may be fraudulent as to its citizens.


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