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THREE VALLEYS MUN. WATER DIST. v. E. F. HUTTON & CO.

Nos. 89-55138, 89-55664.

925 F.2d 1136 (1991)

THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT; City of Lawndale; City of San Marino, City of Palmdale; Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palmdale, Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Maywood, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. E.F. HUTTON & COMPANY, INC., David J. Lane; Todd Melillo, Defendants-Appellants. THREE VALLEYS MUNICIPAL WATER DISTRICT, a municipal water district; City of Lawndale, a municipal corporation; City of San Marino, a municipal corporation; City of Palmdale, a municipal corporation; The Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Palmdale, a public body, corporate and politic; Community Redevelopment Agency of the City of Maywood, a public body, corporate and politic, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. E.F. HUTTON & COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation; E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc.; Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc., a Delaware corporation; First Investment Securities, Inc., an Arkansas corporation; William E. Parodi, Sr.; Frederick W. Parodi; David J. Lane; Todd Melillo; William F. Smith; Ed Oritz, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Wynder and Mark Smith Flynn, Rutan & Tucker, Costa Mesa, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees-appellants.

Jeffrey L. Friedman, Shearson Lehman Brothers, Inc., Office of the Gen. Counsel, New York City, for defendants-appellants-appellees.

Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT and HALL, Circuit Judges.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

On March 31, 1988, plaintiffs filed an action against E.F. Hutton & Co. ("Hutton") alleging that, as a result of Hutton's wrongful conduct, plaintiffs lost over $8 million on their investment accounts. The district court granted Hutton's motion to compel arbitration of plaintiffs' claims based on RICO and state law violations, but denied the motion with respect to plaintiffs' federal securities law claims. The plaintiffs appeal the court...

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