Legal Opinion
Fazio v. Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 13, 2003No. Nos. 02-3820 to 02-3826, 02-3867 to 02-3870, 02-3873, 02-3874, 03-3041 to 03-3043, 03-3045, 03-3112, 03-3113 and 03-3258PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALAN E. NORRIS, Circuit Judge.
This dispute arises from a massive fraud in which Frank Gruttadauria, a Cleveland stockbroker, misappropriated at least $54 million of his clients’ money. The plaintiffs, all clients of Gruttadauria, brought this action against the brokerage houses for which he worked over the course of his career. The defendants moved to stay the proceedings and compel arbitration pursuant to arbitration clauses in the account agreements. The district court, relying largely on the gross nature of the fraud, ruled that the arbitration clauses in the agreements did not…
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