Legal Opinion
Laws v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 9, 2006No. 05-20626PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:
The sole question in this appeal is whether an arbitration panel committed misconduct when it denied the Appellant’s request for a continuance. We agree with the district court that Appellant has not shown misconduct and therefore affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In October 2000, Appellee Morgan Stanley instituted arbitration proceedings against Appellant Rhea Laws through the National Association of Securities Dealers. 1 Morgan Stanley sought to recover an alleged deficit of $689,115.19 in Laws’s margin account. The arbitration hearing was eventually set for February 4, 2003.…
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