Harris v. Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Sullivan, J.
Defendant Shearson Hayden Stone, Inc., a securities and commodities broker, sued by two of its customers, Dr. & Mrs. Harris, for breach of fiduciary duty in the handling *88of their commodities account, successfully moved at Special Term (102 Mise 2d 635) to compel arbitration and to stay the action pending determination of the arbitration proceeding. Plaintiffs have appealed. The issue is the arbitrability of the dispute.
The complaint is styled as a class action, putatively brought on behalf of “all of the commodity customers of ‘Shearson’, who during the period…
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