Paulson v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.

905 F.2d 1251 Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 95,296 Richard V. PAULSON; Glorialee Paulson, individually and as trustees of Richard V. Paulson Family Trust and Glorialee Paulson Family Trust, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC., a Delaware corporation; American Insurance Company, a California corporation; Richard Allen; Robert H. Kehrli, Defendants-Appellants. No. 89-35213. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted May 10, 1990. Decided June 6, 1990. Mildred J. Carmack, Thomas V. Dulchich, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, Portland, Or., for defendants-appellants. David J. Sweeney, Brownstein, Rask, Sweeney, Kerr, Grim & Desylvia, Portland, Or., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before BROWNING, ALARCON and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges. ALARCON, Circuit Judge: 1 Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., American Insurance Company, Richard Allen, and Robert H. Kehrli (Dean Witter) appeal from the district court's denial of their motion to compel arbitration of the Richard V. Paulson Family Trust's and the Glorialee Paulson Family Trust's claims for violation of the federal securities laws. PERTINENT…