1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. A.2d
  4. 692 A.2d
  5. 692 A.2d 454 (1997)
 

GILMAN v. WHEAT, FIRST SECURITIES, INC.

No. 53, Sept.Term, 1996.

692 A.2d 454 (1997)

345 Md. 361

Michael G. GILMAN v. WHEAT, FIRST SECURITIES, INC.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Reconsideration Denied May 5, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Meyer (Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP; Mitch Kalcheim, New York City; John B. Isbister, Melissa G. Brault, Michael H. Tow, Tydings & Rosenberg LLP, Baltimore), on brief, for Appellant.

Jack E. McClard (Mark E. Herrmann, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, VA; John Jay Range, Michael P. McQuillen, Hunton & Williams, Washington, DC), on brief, for Appellee.

Argued before BELL, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, RAKER and WILNER, JJ.

WILNER, Judge.

Appellant, Michael Gilman, had a brokerage account with appellee, Wheat, First Securities, Inc. He filed a class action complaint in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County charging Wheat with violations of Maryland securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, and conversion. The court dismissed the complaint based on a forum-selection clause in the contracts governing the brokerage account, which required that all actions arising...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases