NAT. FOUN. FOR CANCER RES. v. A.G. EDWARDS & SONS

No. 86-7006.

821 F.2d 772 (1987)

NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR CANCER RESEARCH v. A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC., Appellant, Harold T. Hedges.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry L. Claassen, for appellant. Arthur L. Smith, Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellant.

Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr., Washington, D.C., of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Virginia, pro hac vice by special leave of Court, with whom Charles R. McCarthy, Jr., Washington, D.C., was on the brief for appellee.

Before MIKVA and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, Senior District Judge.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Claiming unlawful handling of its securities margin account, National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) brought suit against appellant, A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. (Edwards), alleging federal securities, RICO, and pendent common law claims. Over three years later, Edwards moved to compel arbitration of NFCR's non-federal securities law claims and for a stay of proceedings pending...

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