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Commodity Futures Trading Commission 

CEA CASES 

NAME: AARON J. ROBINSON 

DOCKET NUMBER: STIPULATION 128 

DATE: DECEMBER 17, 1970 

DOCUMENT TYPE: STIPULATION OF COMPLIANCE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

BEFORE THE SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE 

In re: Aaron J. Robinson 

Stipulation of Compliance Under the Commodity Exchange Act No. 128 

The Secretary of Agriculture has reason to believe that Aaron J. Robinson has 

violated the provisions of the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C., Chapter 1) and 

the regulations of the Secretary of Agriculture promulgated thereunder (17 CFR, 

Chapter 1). No complaint with respect to such violations has been issued and 

the said Aaron J. Robinson is desirous of disposing of the matter by entering 

into a stipulation of compliance as authorized by section 0.4(a) of the Rules of 

Practice under the Commodity Exchange Act (17 CFR, Part 0). Therefore, the said 

Aaron J. Robinson for the purposes of this stipulation of compliance and 

administrative proceedings under the Commodity Exchange Act and for such 

purposes only, stipulates the following facts are true: 

(1) Aaron J. Robinson an individual whose address is 110 N. Franklin St., 

Room 1304, Chicago, Illinois 60606 is now and was at all times material herein a 

registered floor broker under the Commodity Exchange Act and a member of the 

Chicago Mercantile Exchange, a duly designated contract market under the 

Commodity Exchange Act. 

(2) The futures transactions hereinafter referred to relate to pork belly 

futures contracts on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Each of such contracts 

called for the delivery of 30,000 pounds of pork bellies. Such contracts could 

have been used for hedging transactions in interstate commerce in pork bellies, 

or for determining 

the price basis of transactions in interstate commerce in pork bellies, or for 

delivering pork bellies, sold, shipped, or received in interstate commerce. 

(3) On February 11, 1969, Aaron J. Robinson took the opposite side of a 

customer's order for the sale of one March pork bellies noncompetitively without 

obtaining the prior consent of such customer. The sale was made by Aaron J. 

Robinson for the account of a customer of Imperial Securities, Inc. The 

opposite side of the transaction was made by Aaron J. Robinson for his personal 

account at Imperial Securities, Inc. In connection with this transaction Aaron 

J. Robinson prepared records purporting to show that the opposite side of the 

transaction had been made with another floor broker. 

The Commodity Exchange Authority has advised Aaron J. Robinson that his 

actions as described above, were in violation of section(s) 4b and 4g of the 

Commodity Exchange Act and section(s) 1.35 and 1.38 of the regulations under the 

Commodity Exchange Act. 

The said Aaron J. Robinson agrees to desist from such acts and practices in 

the future. He further understands and agrees that this stipulation; which the 
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Secretary of Agriculture is accepting only as to the acts and practices set 

forth above, shall be admissible as evidence of such acts and practices in any 

future proceeding based upon acts or practices occurring subsequent to the date 

of his signing of this stipulation of compliance which may be brought against 

him by the Secretary of Agriculture under the provisions of the said Act. He 

also understands that it is the practice of the Commodity Exchange Authority to 

issue press releases on stipulations of compliance and to make them a matter of 

public record. 

Done at Chicago, Illinois 

this 17th day of Dec. 1970 

[SEE SIGNATURE IN ORIGINAL] 

Witnessed by: 

[SEE SIGNATURE IN ORIGINAL] 

[SEE SIGNATURE IN ORIGINAL] 

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