THOMAS v. CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC.

Nos. 95-1405, 95-1279.

683 So.2d 734 (1996)

Robert C. THOMAS, on Behalf of Himself and a Class of all Other Similarly Situated Schwab Customers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant. Robert C. THOMAS, on Behalf of Himself and a Class of all Other Similarly Situated Schwab Customers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

Writ Denied January 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Howerton Thomas, Esq., Natchitoches, Gilbert V. Andry III, New Orleans, Donald G. Kelly, Natchitoches, Walter J. Leger Jr., Jonathan Beauregard Andry, New Orleans, Lionel H. Sutton III, New Iberia, Tyron David Picard, Lafayette, Allan Kanner, Conlee Schell Whiteley, New Orleans, Michael B. Hyman, Christopher J. Stuart, Chicago, IL, Richard Meyer, Steven B. Simon, Woodland Hills, CA, Daniel Harris, Charles Watkins, Keith M. Jensen, Fort Worth, TX, for Robert C. Thomas et al.

Ewell Elton Eagan Jr., New Orleans, Henry Cole Gahagan Jr., Natchitoches, Lewis O. Sams, Coushatta, Donna Phillips Currault, New Orleans, for Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Before THIBODEAUX, SAUNDERS and AMY, JJ.


THIBODEAUX, Judge.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., a stock brokerage firm, appeals the trial court's judgment certifying a nationwide class of Schwab customers and the denial of its exception of venue. Schwab's appeal was consolidated with its writ application regarding the trial court's denial of its exceptions of lis pendens, improper cumulation of actions, motion to stay, and motion to transfer.

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