United States Fifth Circuit
WILL-DRILL RESOURCES, INC. v. SAMSON RESOURCES CO., 02-31185
An order compelling arbitration is vacated, where because the very existence of any agreement to arbitrate is at issue, it is for the courts to decide based on state-law contract formation principles.
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/26/2003
- Published 11/26/2003
Judges
- PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Michael Vance Powell (argued), Thomas F. Loose, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, Dallas, TX, Adam B. Zuckerman, Locke, Liddell & Sapp, New Orleans, LA, for Samson Resources Co.
- For Appellees:
- Philip Edward Downer, III (argued), William R. Huguet, Downer, Kyle & Wilhite, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiffs-Counter Defendants-Appellees.