Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit February 27, 1979, 77-3088 (Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,786 Edgar C. Fryling and Onie Fryling v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. And William Roebuck, Defendants)

HARRY PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.

This appeal involves an effort to invoke federal securities laws to protect an investor from his own unorthodox and high-risk investment philosophy and practices.

Appellants Edgar C. Fryling and Onie Fryling, husband and wife, filed suit against appellees Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.