United States Sixth Circuit

In claims arising from a stockbroker's misappropriation of clients' money, action is remanded for a determination of whether the arbitration clauses, analyzed independently from brokerage account agreements, are valid.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/17/2003
• Decided 08/13/2003
• Published 08/13/2003

Judges

• Before:  NORRIS, DAUGHTREY, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Byron S. Krantz,Ari H. Jaffe (argued and briefed), Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 02-3820 to 02-3822., Robert P. Duvin (argued and briefed), Suellen Oswald, Brett S. Krantz, Kenneth D. Schwartz (briefed), Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in 02-3823, 02-3824., Daniel P. Mascaro, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, OH, Hugh E. McKay (briefed), Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cleveland, OH, David E. Ross (briefed), Antonia Apps (briefed), K. Chris Todd (briefed), David Charles Frederick (argued), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees in 02-3825, 02-3826., Donald S. Scherzer (briefed), Robert B. Casarona (argued and briefed), Roetzel & Andress, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 02-3867, 02-3868., John T. Murray (argued and briefed), Barbara Quinn Smith (briefed), Murray & Murray, Sandusky, OH, for Plaintiff--Appellee in 02-3869, 02-3870 and 03-3043., Daniel R. Warren (argued and briefed), Melissa M. Eckhause (briefed), Baker & Hostetler, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 02-3873, 02-3874 and 03-3045., Ari H. Jaffe (argued and briefed), Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 03-3041., David E. Ross (briefed), Antonia Apps (briefed), K. Chris Todd (briefed), David Charles Frederick (argued and briefed), Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd & Evans, Washington, DC, Hugh E. McKay (briefed), Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee in 03-3042, 03-3112, 03-3113 and 03-3258., Mark O'Neill (briefed), Daniel A. Richards (briefed), Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, OH, Laurence A. Silverman (briefed), Aaron R. Marcu (argued), Covington & Burling, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants in 02-3820, 02-3823, 02-3825, 02-3867, 02-3869, 02-3873 and 03-3113., P. Benjamin Duke, Covington & Burling, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants in 03-3113., James Joseph Bartolozzi (briefed), Kahn, Kleinman, Yanowitz & Arnson, Cleveland, OH, H. Nicholas Berberian, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants in 02-3821, 02-3824, 02-3826, 02-3868, 02-3870, 02-3874, 03-3112., Marvin L. Karp (briefed), Michael N. Ungar (briefed), Elin B. Young (briefed), Christopher P. Fisher (briefed), Ulmer & Berne, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellants in 02-3822., David C. Weiner (briefed), Charna E. Sherman (briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cleveland, OH, Pierre H. Bergeron (briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendant-Appellant in 03-3041, 03-3042, 03-3043, 03-3045 and 03-3258., Mark E. Staib, Elizabeth W. Andrews, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellant in 03-3258.