E.F. HUTTON & CO., INC. v. ARNEBERGH

Nos. 83-6195/6222.

775 F.2d 1061 (1985)

E.F. HUTTON & COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. Roger ARNEBERGH, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided November 5, 1985.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing January 23, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Fischer, Jr., Adams, Duque & Hazeltine, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee-cross-appellant.

Marcus Crahan, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant-cross-appellee.

Before SCHROEDER, FLETCHER and FARRIS, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge.

These appeals stem from a sharply contested dispute, involving silver futures contracts, between a broker, E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc. ("Hutton"), and one of its customers, Roger Arnebergh. The jury rendered a verdict awarding damages to both sides. However, because of a lack of clarity in the verdict forms, the verdict was ambiguous and each side could interpret it as a net victory. That is what happened. Unfortunately, the ambiguity did...

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