MERRILL LYNCH v. BARNUM


162 Misc.2d 245 (1994)

616 N.Y.S.2d 857

In the Matter of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Barbara J. Barnum, Formerly Known as Barbara J. Wisler, Respondent. In the Matter of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Franklyn E. McDonald, Trustee/Franklyn E. McDonald Trust, Respondent. In the Matter of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Mao Ta Chen et al., Respondents. In the Matter of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Estate of Thelma G. Webb, Respondent. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Valerie A. Burhans, Individually and as Trustee of the Valerie A. Burhans Trust, Respondent. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., Petitioners, v. Robert Connole et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, New York County.

August 18, 1994


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, New York City (Lawrence E. Fenster and Francis Chlapowski of counsel), and Meyers & Maistrow, New York City (Brad S. Maistrow of counsel), for petitioners. McGuire, Kehl & Nealon, New York City (Arthur V. Nealon of counsel), for Valerie A. Burhans, respondent. Deutsch & Lipner, Garden City (Herbert M. Deutsch and Seth E. Lipner of counsel), for Barbara J. Barnum and others, respondents.


JANE S. SOLOMON, J.

In these six CPLR article 75 proceedings, petitioners, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. (Merrill Lynch) and brokers affiliated with it, seek to stay permanently the arbitration proceedings commenced by the respondents, who are petitioners' customers, before either the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (NASD) or the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (NYSE). In all...

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