Legal Opinion
Smith Barney Shearson Inc. v. Sacharow
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 4, 1997PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
These two issue-related proceedings concern arbitrability of disputes arising out of respective securities transactions executed by petitioner Smith Barney on behalf of two of its customer investors. Section 15 of the NASD Code of Arbitration Procedure provides that claims of over six years’ duration are ineligible for arbitration. In this common procedural setting, that provision evokes two questions: first, arbitrability of the ineligibility time bar and, then, the appropriate forum for the determination of that threshold issue — arbitration or court.
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