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111213P.pdf   08/06/2012  Robert McCrary  v.  Stifel, Nicolaus & Company
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  11-1213
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] Shepherd, Author, with Melloy and Smith, Circuit Judges]
   Civil case - Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The
   district court erred in dismissing Plaintiffs' individual securities fraud
   claims without staying the claims pending arbitration or undertaking an
   analysis of the claims under the Act, and the claims should be remanded
   for reconsideration; complaint failed to state viable class claims under
   Rule 23, and the district court did not err in dismissing Plaintiffs' class
   claims; district court may resolve Plaintiff Thompson's argument that
   defendants waived their right to arbitrate his claim on remand; district
   court did not abuse its discretion in denying Plaintiffs's request to enjoin
   Thompson's arbitration.