Legal Opinion
Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,129 Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. v. Robert C. Bennett, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 8, 1991No. 1501, Docket 91-7233PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
Bear, Stearns & Co. appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Patterson, J.) dismissing its petition to compel Robert C. Bennett, Jr. to arbitrate his claim against Bear Stearns before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) in New York City. We hold that the petition should have been granted.
In 1983 Bennett, a Florida resident, signed a Customer Agreement with Bear Stearns, a securities broker-dealer, which agreement provided in part that
[a]ny controversy arising out of or relating to your account in…
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