Legal Opinion

A. Lamar BYRD, Appellee, v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, Appellant

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 22, 1984No. 83-5736PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Dean Witter appeals the denial of its motion for an order severing Byrd’s pendent state-law claims, compelling their arbitration, and staying such arbitration until after resolution of his federal securities claim. We have jurisdiction because the denial of the stay is an interlocutory order refusing an injunction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We affirm.

Byrd alleges that he sold his dental practice and invested the $160,000 proceeds through Gale, Dean Witter’s employee. Between September 1981 and March 1982 the value of the account declined by more than $100,000 due to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Wilko v. SwanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  2. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,861 Gerald Mansbach v. Prescott, Ball & TurbenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
  3. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 97,872 Lila A. Miley v. Oppenheimer & Company, Inc., Anthony L. Geller and John W. HamiltonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  4. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,309 Clarance B. Dickinson, a v. Heinold Securities, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  5. Belke v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. v. ByrdSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Fisher v. A.G. Becker Paribas Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
  3. Pearl Kehr v. Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co., Incorporated Glenn Nordskog and Jim MartinCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
  4. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,615 Wayne E. Pierson and Ruth E. Pierson v. Dean, Witter, Reynolds, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
  5. Taylor v. Extendicare Health Facilities, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016

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