Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,406 R. Stockton Rush, III v. Oppenheimer & Co., and Scott Seskis
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 20, 1985No. 22, Docket 85-7335PublishedCited by 195 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
Claiming unauthorized trading in his brokerage investment account, R. Stockton Rush, III brought this action against Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. and Scott Seskis, in which he alleged federal securities, RICO, and pendent common law claims. After approximately eight months of pretrial proceedings in the district court, defendants moved to sever the common law claim and to compel its arbitration. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Robert W. Sweet, Judge, denied defendants’ motion, 606 F.Supp. 300, holding that since Rush had been…
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