RAGAN v. WHEAT FIRST SECURITIES, INC.

No. COA99-959.

531 S.E.2d 874 (2000)

Margaret RAGAN, Executor of Grace Finch Cates, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WHEAT FIRST SECURITIES, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

June 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adams Kleemeier Hagan Hannah & Fouts, by Daniel W. Fouts and Peter G. Pappas, Greensboro, for the defendant-appellant.

Brinkley Walser, P.L.L.C., by Walter F. Brinkley and David E. Inabinett, Lexington, for the plaintiff-appellee.


WYNN, Judge.

In 1982, Grace Finch Cates opened an account with Wheat First Securities, Inc., requiring her to sign a securities account agreement that contained the following arbitration clause:

AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE CONTROVERSIES-Except with respect to any future dispute or claim arising under the federal securities laws or where this arbitration requirement would violate applicable state law or rule of the United Securities and Exchange Commission, it...

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