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- Title: In re Mckinney
- Author : In the Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 51 KB
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Delmar ""Bo"" McKinney and Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P. d/b/a Edward Jones (collectively ""Edward Jones"") seek mandamus relief after the trial court denied their motion to compel arbitration. Because the Federal Arbitration Act requires the trial court to compel arbitration in this case, we conditionally grant their petition and order the trial court to compel arbitration in accordance with the parties' agreement. As a young child, Keith Rohlack received a cash settlement following the death of his father. The money was invested and held in a custodial account with Edward Jones. After turning eighteen, Rohlack retitled his customer account with Edward Jones from a custodial account to one in his own name. At that time, he signed a seven-page contract, entitled ""Customer Account Agreements for Full Service and Customer Loan Accounts,"" which authorized Edward Jones to act as Rohlack's broker and to provide Rohlack with margin loans. On the last page above Rohlack's signature, the agreement disclosed that it incorporated ""a pre-dispute arbitration clause,"" referencing the pages on which it could be found. At those pages, the agreement provided: