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

Nos. 85-3352, 85-5419.

800 F.2d 1032 (1986)

Frederick J. WOLFE, and Heather B. Wolfe, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. E.F. HUTTON & COMPANY, INC., and Peter Panos, Defendants-Appellants. Joseph GORMAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE FENNER AND SMITH, INC., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant, Micah Hollander, Michael Strauss, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

As Amended October 16, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Olin, Bennett Falk, Miami, Fla., defendants-appellants.

Parker, Johnson, Owen & McGuire, Elmo R. Hoffman, Orlando, Fla., Greenfield & Chimicles, E. Stirling Lathrop, Haverford, Pa., Karen A. Gievers, Anderson Moss Russo Gievers & Cohen, P.A., Miami, Fla., plaintiffs-appellees.

Albert J. Beveridge, III, John S. Guttmann, Robert H. Singletary, Jr., for amicus curiae, Werner Heierli.

Beveridge & Diamond, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, GODBOLD, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HATCHETT, CLARK and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

We granted rehearing en banc in these cases to determine whether claims brought under section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. § 78j(b), and corresponding Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b-5, 17 C.F.R. § 240.10b-5, are subject to mandatory arbitration under an arbitration agreement entered into before the claim arose. Adhering to the established law of this circuit, we hold that a pre-claim agreement...

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