O'NEILL v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH

No. 84 C 3181.

654 F.Supp. 347 (1987)

Dixie J. O'NEILL, Plaintiff, v. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 30, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth H. Hanson, Patrick J. O'Donnell, Frederic F. Brace, Jr., Brace & O'Donnell, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Peter R. Sonderby, Janet L. Reali, Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

GRADY, Chief Judge.

This case is before us on the defendants motion for summary judgment. Because we find that the single-sentence decision of the arbitrator denying plaintiff's state law claims is too ambiguous to bar plaintiff's federal claims on the grounds of collateral estoppel, the motion for summary judgment is denied.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Dixie O'Neill sued defendants Merrill Lynch, Pierce...

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