United States Eleventh Circuit

In a breach of contract action based on a credit repair bureau's alleged failure to provide services, the District Court's denial of Defendant's motion to compel arbitration is reversed, where the Credit Repair Organizations Act does not preclude arbitration of claims brought under that statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/06/2009
• Published 04/06/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM:, Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge, and RYSKAMP, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nicole Mapp Hardee, JAmes A. Harris, III, Harris & Harris, LLP, Birmingham, AL, Richard E. Hillary, II, Derek S. Witte, Miller Johnson, Grand Rapids, MI, for Credit Solutions, Inc., Michael H. Johnson, Law Office of Michael H. Johnson, LLC, Robert N. Barber, II, Barber Law Group, Michael Charles Skotnicki, Frank M. Young, III, Haskel, Slaughter, Young & Rediker, LLC, Birmingham, AL, for Reynolds., Deepak Gupta, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Public Citizen, Inc., National Association of Consumer Advocates, National Consumer Law Center, and U.S. Public Interest Research Group., Christopher D. Thomas, Nixon Peabody, LLP, Rochester, NY, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Consumer Credit Attorneys., Todd L. McLawhorn, Kenneth M. Kliebard, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, Chicago, IL, for Amici Curiae Association of Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies., Adel James Chareq, Hudson Cook, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Consumer Data Industry Association.