United States Fifth Circuit

Children who were neither signatories to, nor third-party beneficiaries of, a contract executed by their parents may not be bound by an arbitration clause in the contract, even if the children are minors bringing claims that are intertwined with the claims of their parents. (Revising opinion issued 1/24/02)

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/19/2002
• Published 02/19/2002

Judges

• BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lionel Mark Schooler (argued), Jackson & Walker, Houston, TX, Michael S. Simpson, Jackson Walker, Austin, TX, for Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc. and Fleetwood Homes of Mississippi, Inc., Stuart Victor Kusin, Randall W. Wilson, Susman Godfrey, Houston, TX, for Georgia Pacific Corp.


• For Appellees:
  
• David James Sacks, Kathleen H. Boll (argued), Sacks & Associates, Cletus P. Ernster, III, Taylor, Davis & Ernster, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellants.