United States Tenth Circuit

Defendant's interlocutory appeal from an order of the district court denying defendant's motion to compel arbitration and stay in a multi-district class action is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act since there was no written arbitration agreement between the parties.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/09/2005
• Published 11/09/2005

Judges

• JOHN C. PORFILIO, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL and PORFILIO, Circuit Judges, and HERRERA, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Mark D. Hinderks, Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP, Overland Park, KS, for Defendant-Appellant Sprint Communications Company, L.P., Michael Doss (Mark S. Blocker with him on the briefs), Sidley Austin Brown & Wood L.L.P., Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant AT & T Corp., Marc M. Seltzer (David H. Orozco and Stephen E. Morrissey, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA;  Samuel D. Heins, Stacey L. Mills, Vincent J. Esades, and Barbara J. Felt, Heins Mills & Olson, PLC, Minneapolis, MN;  Barry C. Barnett and Shawn J. Rabin, Susman Godfrey L.L.P., Dallas, TX;  Marc R. Stanley, Roger L. Mandel, and Martin Woodward, Stanley Mandel & Iola, L.L.P., Dallas, TX;  and Isaac Diel, Bonner Springs, KS, with him on the brief) Susman Godfrey, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.