United States Eleventh Circuit

Decision of the district court denying plaintiff's motion to compel arbitration and stay underlying state-court proceedings involving contracts for termite protection services is reversed where the parties had contractually agreed that an arbitrator should decide whether their arbitration clause was valid.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2005
• Published 12/16/2005

Judges

• TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges, and MILLS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William J. Nissen, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP, Chicago, IL, Aaron D. Lyons, McClelland, Jones, Lyons & Lacey, LC, Melbourne, FL, John K. Van De Weert, Jr., Sidney, Austin, Brown & Wood, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peter M. Cardillo, Cardillo Law Firm, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.