Legal Opinion
Edward HOULIHAN; Agnes Houlihan, Appellees, v. OFFERMAN & COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1994No. 93-2684PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BEAM, Circuit Judge.
Edward and Agnes Houlihan (the Houli-hans) brought this diversity action against their broker, Offerman & Company, Incorporated (Offerman), alleging various state-law claims relating to their investment losses. Offerman moved to compel arbitration and to stay discovery pursuant to the “Pre-Dispute Arbitration Agreement” contained in a brokerage account application signed by the Houlihans. The district court denied Offer-man’s motion. Offerman appeals. We reverse.
I. BACKGROUND
The Houlihans did not sign an arbitration agreement when they opened their account with Offerman in…
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