GILMORE v. SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXP. INC.

No. 80, Docket 86-7460.

811 F.2d 108 (1987)

Brendan GILMORE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHEARSON/AMERICAN EXPRESS INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Friedman, New York City (Shearson Lehman Brothers Inc., Theodore A. Kresbach, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Frederick A. Nicoll, New York City (Rogers Hoge & Hills, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and WINTER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Chief Judge:

Shearson/American Express Inc. appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Peter K. Leisure, J., refusing to require plaintiff, Rev. Brendan Gilmore, to submit to arbitration his common law claims against Shearson for alleged "churning" of his margin account. Judge Leisure held that Shearson's express withdrawal of an earlier motion to compel arbitration waived any contractual right it might...

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