After Cobb issued her determination, the CFTC requested that she keep her order whereas they appealed it. Cobb declined to take action. When the regulator then requested a U.S. federal appeals courtroom to briefly block the election-related occasions contracts, the appeals courtroom additionally declined, issuing a unanimous determination denying the CFTC’s emergency movement to remain and arguing that the CFTC had offered “no concrete foundation” to conclude that election contracts may hurt the general public curiosity.
