United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit stemming from allegedly improper investment advice, the district court erred when it denied defendant's motion to compel arbitration since the scope of the parties' arbitration clause covers plaintiff's allegations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/18/2005
• Published 08/18/2005

Judges

• KING, Chief Judge:, Before KING, Chief Judge, DAVIS, Circuit Judge, and FITZWATER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald L. Walter, Jr. (argued), John Burden Noland, Jr., Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., Duris Lee Holmes (argued), Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants.