Previously, their minimum net capital requirement was only $ 250, 000 with an early warning requirement of $ 300, 000, although the relevant minimums for such large broker-dealers were the much larger amounts resulting from the requirement to maintain net capital of 2 % of aggregate debit items with an early warning requirement at 5 % of aggregate debit balances.
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The Court of Appeals held that the CFTC had jurisdiction over Schor s claim against Conti, but not over Conti s state-law based counterclaim against Schor for the debit balance, seeking to avoid the constitutional problems faced in " Northern Pipeline Construction Co . v . Marathon Pipe Line Co . ", 458 U . S . 50 ( 1982 ).