DONALDSON, LUF. & JENRETTE FUT., INC. v. BARR

No. 64821.

124 Ill.2d 435 (1988)

530 N.E.2d 439

DONALDSON, LUFKIN & JENRETTE FUTURES, INC., Appellee, v. EDWIN C. BARR et al. (The Board of Trade of the City of Chicago, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago (John E. Angle and Robert S. Steigerwald, of counsel), and Scott E. Early and Pamela Klein-Kurland, of Chicago, for appellant.

Eugene R. Wedoff, of Jenner & Block, of Chicago, for appellee.


Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court reversed in part and affirmed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the arbitrability of a dispute arising under a contract of employment between the plaintiff, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Futures, Inc. (DFI), a commodity futures broker, and defendant Edwin C. Barr. Following the cessation of his employment, Barr filed a demand upon...

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