COENEN v. R. W. PRESSPRICH & CO.

No. 153, Docket 71-1714.

453 F.2d 1209 (1972)

Dale S. COENEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. R. W. PRESSPRICH & CO., Inc., Defendant-Appellee, and Stirling Homex Corporation, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Royall, Koegel & Wells, New York City (David F. Dobbins and Thomas W. Towell, Jr., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City (Stephen A. Weiner and Arnold S. Anderson, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before MEDINA, MANSFIELD and MULLIGAN, Circuit Judges.


MEDINA, Circuit Judge:

The question raised by this appeal is the applicability of the arbitration clause contained in the New York Stock Exchange Constitution to a claim which: (1) arose before the plaintiff joined the Stock Exchange; (2) alleges violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (3) alleges violation of the Sherman and Clayton Acts. For the reasons that follow we hold that such a claim is subject to arbitration.

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