United States Third Circuit

In an employment discrimination and retaliation action, district court judgment is affirmed where the court did not err in denying the motion to stay the case pending arbitration with respect to the plaintiffs who did not have arbitration agreements, as a party who is subject to a mandatory stay pending arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act must have committed itself to arbitration.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/08/2008
• Decided 01/26/2009
• Published 01/26/2009

Judges

• Before:  FISHER, JORDAN and STAPLETON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Simone R.D. Francis (Argued), Charles E. Engeman, Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, St. Thomas, USVI, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Valerie M. Nannery (Argued), John Vail, Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C., K. Glenda Cameron, Lee J. Rohn, Rohn & Cameron, L.L.C., St. Croix, USVI, for Appellees.