Legal Opinion
Arrieta v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 21, 1976No. Civ. 47529PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
FLEMING, J.
During 1973 and 1974 appellant Louis John Arrieta lost substantial sums of money (assertedly, $35,000) by extensive and continuous speculation on margin in silver futures. He sued his stockbrokers, respondents Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc., and their account executives Sterling Clark and William C. Robbins, Jr., for negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciaiy duty, conversion, breach of contract, money had and received, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, alleging that respondents violated his trading instructions, executed trades without authority, churned…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Frame v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1971
- In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Garfield & Co., and Francis J. WiestCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Vernon v. Drexel Burnham & Co.California Court of Appeal · 1975
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