United States Fifth Circuit
PEDCOR MGMT. CO., INC. v. NATIONS PERSONNEL OF TEXAS, INC., 02-20878
Arbitrators, not courts, should decide whether class arbitration is available or forbidden, thus a class certification order for arbitration of ERISA claims is vacated.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/13/2003
- Published 08/13/2003
Judges
- WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before WIENER, CLEMENT and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- G. Daniel Kelley, Edward Price Steegmann, Ice Miller, Indianapolis, IN, for Appellant., William Chris Wolffarth, Johnson & Wolffarth, Dallas, TX, for Nations Personnel of Texas, Inc., John Anthony Claro, Rainey, Goodwin, Mee & Martin, Oklahoma City, for Human Resource Solutions, Inc., Comprehensive Employee Solutions, Total Leasing Co., Rock City Mechanical, Inc. and Connelly Management Employee Plan.
- For Appellees:
- Jeffrey Lloyd Joyce, Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Vincent Busschaert, Liedekerke, Wolters, Waelbroeck, Kirkpatrick, Brussels, Belgium, for Defendant-Appellee.