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· 6/19/1995

Arthur H. WILLIAMS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CIGNA FINANCIAL ADVISORS, INC., Et Al., Defendants-Appellants

Citations

  • 56 F.3d 656
  • 19 Employee Benefits Cas. (BNA) 1751
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 15091
  • 66 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,601
  • 68 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 65
  • 1995 WL 366226

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  • holding that removal to federal court, filing motion to dismiss and to stay discovery and answer to complaint including compulsory counterclaim, and exchanging Rule 26 discovery did not substantially invoke judicial process
  • reasoning that U-4 registration involves interstate commerce because it is contract involving sale of securities
  • holding that defendant who removed an action, moved to dismiss, moved to stay proceedings, answered the complaint, and exchanged discovery did not waive the defense when the defendant moved to compel arbitration as soon as it discovered the dispute was arbitrable
  • reasoning that U-4 registration involved interstate commerce because it was a contract involving sale of securities
  • reasoning that U-4 registration involves interstate commerce because it is contract involving sale of securities
  • reasoning that U-4 registration involved interstate commerce because it was contract involving sale of securities

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Judges: Higginbotham, Parker, McBryde

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