Legal Opinion
Scher v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 19, 1989No. 88 Civ. 7620 (PKL)PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER & OPINION
LEISURE, District Judge.
This action arises from defendants’ alleged mishandling of plaintiff’s bond trading account. Plaintiff alleges that defendant, through excessive trading, misrepresentation, and poor trading decisions, caused plaintiff to suffer severe losses in his account.
The first issue before the Court is whether plaintiff’s claims must be arbitrated pursuant to a customer agreement that plaintiff signed upon opening his account with defendants (“Customer Agreement”). The law involving the arbitration of claims arising under the federal securities laws has been in a…
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