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MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC. v. BOBKER

No. 86 Civ. 0439 (EW).

636 F.Supp. 444 (1986)

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH, INC., Petitioner, v. Jack BOBKER, Respondent.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 14, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mandel, Wiener & Block, New York City, for petitioner; Meryl E. Wiener, Philip M. Mandel, of counsel.

D'Andrea & Goldstein, Mount Vernon, N.Y., for respondent; Robert Goldstein, of counsel.

S.E.C., Washington, D.C., amicus curiae; Daniel L. Goelzer, Jacob H. Stillman, David A. Sirignano, Sheila M. Barry, of counsel.

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. ("Merrill Lynch") petitions to vacate an arbitration award in favor of Jack Bobker on the ground that it is in "manifest disregard of the law." Bobker, a customer of Merrill Lynch for 18 years, was a sophisticated trader in the stock market at the time of the events which were the subject of the arbitration proceeding. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court grants...

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