LEICHT v. BATEMAN EICHLER, HILL RICHARDS, INC.

No. 87-6264.

848 F.2d 130 (1988)

Thomas R. LEICHT and Susan L. Leicht, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BATEMAN EICHLER, HILL RICHARDS, INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation, and Douglas Haydon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1988.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing August 9, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry F. Gitlin, Rapkin, Gitlin, Moser & Schwartz, Tarzana, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Steven P. Rice, Kindel & Anderson, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before TANG, FLETCHER and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges.


PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

The Leichts appeal the district court's decision dismissing their federal securities action and compelling arbitration pursuant to Shearson/American Express, Inc. v. McMahon, ___ U.S. ___, 107 S.Ct. 2332, 96 L.Ed.2d 185 (1987). The Leichts argue that the district court erred in compelling arbitration because, unlike the parties in McMahon, the parties in this case did not contract to arbitrate federal securities disputes. We...

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