Supreme Court of Florida

A previous decision in the matter is withdrawn on remand from the U.S. Supreme Court pursuant to Buckeye Check Cashing, Inc. v. Cardegna, 126 S. Ct. 1204 (2006). A borrower's claim that a contract was void ab initio under Florida law and public policy must be resolved by arbitration where there was no separate claim that an arbitration provision in the contract itself was unenforceable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/11/2006
• Published 05/11/2006

Judges

• ANSTEAD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• E. Clayton Yates, Fort Pierce, FL, F. Paul Bland, Jr., Washington, D.C., Christopher C. Casper of James, Hoyer, Newcomer and Smiljanich, P.A., Tampa, FL, and Richard A. Fisher, Cleveland, TN, for Petitioner., Deborah M. Zuckerman, AARP Foundation, Washington, D.C., and Lynn Drysdale, Florida Legal Services, Inc., Jacksonville, FL on behalf of AARP, Consumer Federation of America and National Consumer Law Center;  and Daniel S. Pearson, Lenore C. Smith, and Scott B. Newman of Holland and Knight, LLP, Miami, FL on behalf of The Check Cashing Store, Inc., for Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• John R. Hart of Carlton Fields, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, Amy L. Brown, James P. Wehner of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, LLP, Washington, D.C. and Pierre H. Bergeron of Squire, Sanders and Dempsey, LLP, Cincinnati, OH, for Respondent.