ROSENTHAL v. GREAT WESTERN FIN. SECURITIES CORP.

Docket No. S050952.

14 Cal.4th 394 (1996)

RUBY ROSENTHAL et al., Plaintiffs and Respondents, v. GREAT WESTERN FINANCIAL SECURITIES CORPORATION et al., Defendants and Appellants.

Supreme Court of California.

December 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Morrison & Foerster, Shirley M. Hufstedler, Maren E. Nelson and David K. Barrett for Defendants and Appellants.

Michael B. Dashjian, Steven Drapkin, Lee W. Rierson, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, Jeffrey A. Berman, Daniel E. Eaton, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker and Paul Grossman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Appellants.

Michael Linfield, Laurence B. Frank, Hadsell & Stormer, Dan Stormer, Virginia Keeny, Anne Richardson and Randy Renick for Plaintiffs and Respondents.

The Sturdevant Law Firm, Ann Saponara, McGuinn, Hillsman & Palefsky, Cliff Palefsky and Keith Ehrman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Respondents.


OPINION

WERDEGAR, J.

In this case involving the enforcement of a predispute arbitration clause in a client agreement executed in the purchase of securities, we address the procedures by which petitions to compel arbitration (Code Civ. Proc., § 1281.2) are to be determined in the superior courts. We conclude that while the client agreements here are subject to the United States Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. §§ 1-16), the...

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