Legal Opinion
Wagner v. Stratton Oakmont, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 30, 1996No. 95-35176PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
The question presented by this appeal is whether an arbitration agreement signed by a partner when he opened his own individual account with a stockbroker binds his partnership or himself to arbitration of partnership claims against the stockbroker arising from a separate trading account opened in the partnership’s name. We hold that it does not, and we therefore affirm the district court’s refusal to stay this action pending arbitration.
BACKGROUND
In August 1993, Scott Serven opened a brokerage account with Stratton Oakmont, cated that the account was an “individual”…
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