MERRILL LYNCH, ETC. v. NATIONAL ASS'N OF SEC.

No. 77-3450.

616 F.2d 1363 (1980)

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., William J. LaFleur, E. Richard Lewis, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Bill Wise and James Flaggert, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, v. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECURITIES DEALERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Chepucavage, Nat. Ass'n of Sec. Inc., Frank J. Wilson, Andrew McR. Barnes, Washington, D. C., for Nat. Ass'n of Sec. Dealers, Inc.

Harvey L. Pitt, S.E.C., Washington, D. C., Robert C. Pozen, Associate Gen. Counsel, Katherine Malfa, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Thompson, Knight, Simmons & Bullion, Dallas, Tex., for all plaintiffs-appellees.

Brown, Wood, Ivey, Mitchell & Petty, E. Michael Bradley, Richard Conway Casey, Gerald J. McGovern, New York City, Joel H. Pullen, San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee Flaggert.

David R. McAtee, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-intervenor-appellee Wise.

Before TUTTLE, AINSWORTH and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

In this novel and important securities regulatory matter, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) appeals from the district court's preliminary injunction barring it from proceeding with a disciplinary hearing against its member, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Merrill Lynch), and certain named employees of Merrill Lynch.1 The NASD contends the district court erred in interfering...

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