United States Seventh Circuit

In an arbitration dispute, district court judgment is affirmed where: 1) the present court has jurisdiction over defendant's appeal as an interlocutory appeal from the order denying arbitration was appropriate under Federal Arbitration Act sec. 16(a)(1); and 2) the district court properly denied the motion to compel arbitration as the operative complaint contained no arbitrable claim.

Appellate Information

• Argued 05/14/2009
• Decided 07/31/2009
• Published 07/31/2009

Judges

• RIPPLE, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, MANION and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Nicole M. Moen (argued), Fredrikson & Byron, Minneapolis, MN, Steven P. Bogart, Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees., John L. Kirtley, Michael B. Apfeld (argued), Godfrey & Kahn, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.