# Federal Court Rejects Amaranth Hedge Fund and Head Trader Brian Hunter’s Attempt to Dismiss Government’s Natural Gas Case Against Them

> CFTC release 5502-08 · 2008-05-24

## Key facts

- **Release number:** 5502-08
- **Release date:** 2008-05-24
- **Type:** Press release
- **Title:** Federal Court Rejects Amaranth Hedge Fund and Head Trader Brian Hunter’s Attempt to Dismiss Government’s Natural Gas Case Against Them
- **Primary source:** https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/5502-08



## Citation

> US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, press release 5502-08, "Federal Court Rejects Amaranth Hedge Fund and Head Trader Brian Hunter’s Attempt to Dismiss Government’s Natural Gas Case Against Them", 2008-05-24. Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-06-26 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/cftc-action/5502-08.

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