United States Fifth Circuit

The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act does not preclude binding arbitration of written warranty claims pursuant to a valid binding arbitration agreement, which must be enforced pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/30/2002
• Published 08/16/2002

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Amanda Lee Trawick (argued), John Gibson Compton, Witherspoon & Compton, Meridian, MS, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., James L. Quinn (argued), Zachary & Leggett, Hattiesburg, MS, Robert Emmett Kerrigan, Jr. (argued), W. Clay McGehee, Isaac H. Ryan, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, Wayne Scott Simpson, Southern Energy Homes Inc., Birmingham, AL, for Defendant-Appellant.