Harnett v. Azzaro

How later courts describe this case

• requiring arbitration of contractual claims before judicial resolution of securities claims
• state Department of Insurance powerless to conduct inquiry into the pension benefit status of a participant in the fund
• “[t]he burden on one seeking to prove a waiver of arbitration is a heavy one”
• ERISA prevents state insurance department from inquiring into pension benefit status of participant
• involving federal securities claims, which arguably are non-arbitrable