United States Eleventh Circuit

On remand from the US Supreme Court, the district court's ruling that defendant managed-health-care organizations' arbitration clauses which specifically prohibited punitive damages are unenforceable is vacated, and arbitration is compelled.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/11/2003
• Published 06/12/2003

Judges

• BARKETT, Circuit Judge:, Before BARKETT, FAY and WINTER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Christopher R.J. Pace, William E. Grauer, San Diego, CA, Kenneth P. Gavsie, Jeffrey S. Klein, James Quinn, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City, Walter E. Dellinger, O'Melveny & Myers, John D. Aldock, Washington, DC, Franklin G. Burt, Jorden, Burt, Berenson & Johnson, LLP, Michael Nachwalter, Robert D.W. Landon, III, Kenny, Nachwalter, Seymour, Arnold, Critchlow & Spector, PA, Edward Soto, Jennifer J. Ator, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Eduardo Palmer, Steel Hector & Davis, LLP, Miami, FL, Stan Blumenfeld, O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Mark R. Filip, Edward M. Crane, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants., Harley S. Tropin, Kozyak, Tropin, Throckmorton & Humphreys, P.A., James B. Tilghman, Jr., Stewart, Tilghman, Fox & Bianchi, P.A., Miami, FL, Dennis George Pantazis, Brian M. Clark, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, P.C., Joe R. Whatley, Jr., Whatley Drake, L.L.C., Charlene P. Ford, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.