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MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH, INC. v. MELAMED

No. 82-603.

425 So.2d 127 (1982)

MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH, INC., and Brian Sheen, Petitioners, v. Helen MELAMED, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett Falk of Ruden, Barnett, McClosky, Schuster & Russell, Miami, for petitioner Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc.

H. Michael Easley of Easley, Massa & Willits, P.A., West Palm Beach, for petitioner Brian Sheen.

F. Kendall Slinkman, West Palm Beach, for respondent.

HURLEY, Judge.

When this case was last before us,1 we held that the substantive portions of the Federal Arbitration Act2 supersede state law and must be enforced by state courts when the prerequisites of the federal act are satisfied.3 As a result, we reversed an order denying a motion to compel arbitration and remanded the cause with instructions to reconsider the motion in light...

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