Joan Chason ALFORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC. and Don L. Harris, Defendants-Appellees

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• recognizing that where all issues are arbitrable and must be submitted to arbitration, the proper course of action is to dismiss rather than stay the action
• holding that dismissal is proper where all claims must be submitted to arbitration
• noting that “a stay is mandatory upon a showing that the opposing party has commenced suit upon any issue referable to arbitration . . . .”
• noting that when all issues are raised in an action are 10 arbitrable and must be submitted to arbitration, retaining jurisdiction and staying the action 11 will serve no purpose
• finding dismissal appropriate \when all the issues raised in the district court must be submitted to arbitration\
• upholding dismissal with prejudice of claims when all the party's claims were subject to arbitration

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