Legal Opinion
Securities Industry Ass'n v. Connolly
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 19, 1988No. Civ. A. 88-2153-WDPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER FOR JUDGMENT
WOODLOCK, District Judge.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, acting under its Blue Sky law authority over brokers and dealers in securities, has issued prospective regulations seeking to control the circumstances under which a broker may require a non-institutional customer located in Massachusetts to agree to arbitration of disputes between them.
The plaintiffs — the trade association for securities dealers and ten brokerage firms registered to do business as securities broker-dealers in Massachusetts — challenge these regulations on federal constitutional…
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3Cited by12 opinions
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