United States Fourth Circuit

Action to compel arbitration of state court claims is dismissed on jurisdictional grounds in district court under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine, where appellant seeks the same relief that it already sought, and received, in its motion to compel arbitration in state court.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2001
• Decided 05/09/2002
• Published 05/09/2002

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Charles Leslie Woody, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellants.  John William Barrett, The Grubb Law Group, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Gregory R. Hanthorn, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Atlanta, Georgia;  Farrokh Jhabvala, Jorden Burt, L.L.P., Miami, Florida;  P. Michael Pleska, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellants.  John W. Barrett, The Grubb Law Group, Charleston, West Virginia;  Brian A. Glasser, Bailey & Glasser, L.L.P., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.