Case Name: Mabel D. GARDNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHEARSON, HAMMILL & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1970-10-09
Citations: 433 F.2d 367
Docket Number: No. 30126
Parties: Mabel D. GARDNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHEARSON, HAMMILL & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 433
Pages: 367–368

Head Matter:
Mabel D. GARDNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SHEARSON, HAMMILL & COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 30126
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 9, 1970.
Rehearing Denied Oct. 27, 1970.
Mabel D. Gardner, pro se.
Richard H. Wilson, W. B. Dickenson, Jr., Hill, Hill & Dickenson, Tampa, Fla., for defendant-appellee.
Before GEWIN, GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges.
Rule 18, 5th Cir.; See Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York et al., 5th Cir., 1970, 431 F.2d 409, Part I.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Claiming that she sustained losses in certain stock transactions due to defendants' misrepresentations, Mrs. Gardner sought recovery under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. On undisputed facts the District Court found that, pursuant to an agreement, the parties had submitted "the identical alleged acts and transactions which are the basis for her claims for relief in the instant action" to arbitration under the New York Stock Exchange Rules. Accordingly, the Court granted defendants' motion for summary judgment. We affirm.
We agree with the Third Circuit that "under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the voluntary submission to arbitration of an existing controversy is a valid one and, absent fraud or a basic fault in the proceedings, the proceeding is a valid one." Moran v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, 3d Cir. 1968, 389 F.2d 242, 246.
Affirmed.