Rosenthal-Collins Group, L.P. v. Reiff

PRESIDING JUSTICE CAMPBELL

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant J. Donald Reiff appeals an order of the circuit court of Cook County vacating an arbitration award on the motion of plaintiffs Rosenthal-Collins Group, L.E, Lehigh Valley Futures, Inc., and Gregory Deutch.

The record on appeal discloses the following facts. In June 1996, Reiff filed an arbitration claim with the National Futures Association (NFA) against the plaintiffs and Quantum Financial Services. Reiff alleged that unauthorized trades were made on a futures trading account he had opened with Lehigh Valley Futures, Inc.

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