RAUSCHER PIERCE REFSNES, INC. v. FLATT

No. 93-CA-1672.

632 So.2d 807 (1994)

RAUSCHER PIERCE REFSNES, INC. v. Lloyd Cooper FLATT and Victoria May Flatt.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

February 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stewart F. Peck, Nathan P. Horner, Kirk Reasonover, Lugenbuhl, Burke, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellant.

Kyle Schonekas, George C. Freeman, III, John P. Cerise, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittmann & Hutchinson, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee.

Before SCHOTT, C.J., and KLEES and LOBRANO, JJ.


SCHOTT, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff sued defendants for the balance due on a brokerage account. Defendants reconvened for damages under state and federal laws. Plaintiff sought to compel arbitration of defendants' claims. The trial court denied the motion to compel arbitration of the federal claim and plaintiff has appealed. The principal issue is whether the language requiring arbitration of federal claims in the Client Option Agreement between the parties is broad enough...

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