BYRD v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC.

No. 83-5736.

726 F.2d 552 (1984)

A. Lamar BYRD, Appellee, v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC., a Delaware corporation, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric V. Benham, Sullivan, Delafield, McGrath, & McDonald, San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Eugene W. Bell, Kevin K. Fitzgerald, Jones, Bell, Simpson & Abbott, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

William J. Fitzpatrick, New York City, amicus curiae.

Before GOODWIN and TANG, Circuit Judges and AGUILAR, District Judge.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Dean Witter appeals the denial of its motion for an order severing Byrd's pendent state-law claims, compelling their arbitration, and staying such arbitration until after resolution of his federal securities claim. We have jurisdiction because the denial of the stay is an interlocutory order refusing an injunction under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1). We affirm.

Byrd alleges that he sold his dental practice and invested the $160,000 proceeds...

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