Clarence Williams, Jr. v. E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Clarence Williams, Jr., an individual investor, appeals from the district court’s order dismissing his complaint against the brokerage firm of E.F. Hutton and Company, Inc. Williams had asserted a number of objections under the federal securities laws to the manner in which E.F. Hutton had handled his account. On the defendant’s motion under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), (5) and (6), the district court dismissed the complaint. The district court relied on Schattner v. Girard, Inc., 668 F.2d 1366 (D.C.Cir.1981), to conclude that the prohibition against…