Legal Opinion
Smith Barney, Inc. v. Keeney
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided October 22, 1997No. 96-1052, 96-1053PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARTER, Justice.
The threshold question in this litigation is whether the consequences of a six-year limitation period for the arbitration of disputes under a customer’s agreement with a securities firm is to be determined by an arbitrator or by a court. The securities firm, Smith Barney, Inc., and its sales representative, William Kirke, urged and the district court concluded that this was a matter for the court to decide. As a result of that conclusion, the district court found that the disputes the appellants desired to arbitrate arose from events occurring more than six years before the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Iowa Fuel & Minerals, Inc. v. Iowa State Board of RegentsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
- Painewebber Incorporated v. H. William HofmannCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Fsc Securities Corporation Marlis Gilbert Integrated Financial Services and Richard E. Connolly, Jr. v. Judy Freel Mirle Freel, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
- Smith Barney Shearson, Inc. v. BooneCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
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