Legal Opinion
Sara Sirotzky v. New York Stock Exchange and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 29, 2003No. 02-3240PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Sara Sirotzky hired the Bernstein firm to give her investment advice, pursuant to a contract that provided for arbitration under the arbitration rules of the New York Stock Exchange of any dispute arising out of the contract. Sure enough, a dispute arose and Sirotzky invoked arbitration, seeking $242,000 in damages. The arbitrators, after a hearing in Chicago, ruled in Bernstein’s favor and ordered Si-rotzky as the losing party to pay the New York Stock Exchange $4,800, the NYSE’s fee for providing the parties with an arbi-tral forum. Rather than comply, Sirotzky sued…
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