COHEN v. WEDBUSH, NOBLE, COOKE, INC.

No. 87-6174.

841 F.2d 282 (1988)

Jack B. COHEN, Betty L. Cohen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WEDBUSH, NOBLE, COOKE, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal M. Goldstein, Abrams & Goldstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Dawn M. Schock, Jeffrey M. Jones, Keesal, Young & Logan, Long Beach, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before HUG, KOZINSKI and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.


KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

We consider the enforceability of an agreement to arbitrate claims arising out of a stock margin purchase agreement.

Background

On October 13, 1986, plaintiffs Jack B. and Betty L. Cohen entered into a Customer's Margin Account Agreement with defendant Wedbush, Noble, Cook, Inc., a stock brokerage firm. The margin agreement provided that Wedbush would loan money to the Cohens to finance the purchase of securities, and required...

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