United States Ninth Circuit

In a dispute involving failed tax-reduction programs, a remand order issued pursuant to a finding that an arbitration agreement had become unenforceable and that federal jurisdiction was lost is reversed where the refusal of the NASD to conduct an arbitration neither rendered the district court powerless to require arbitration to proceed nor deprived it of jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/25/2006
• Decided 08/10/2006
• Published 08/10/2006

Judges

• FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:, Before: FERNANDEZ, RYMER, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Daniel L. Geyser, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Sidley Austin LLP., Dale E. Barnes, Bingham McCutchen LLP, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant KPMG LLP., Laura Lindgren, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman LLP, Los Angeles, CA;  David W. Wiechert, Law Office of David W. Wiechert, San Clemente, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellees.