BRANDON, JONES, SANDALL, ZEIDE v. MEDPARTNERS

Nos. 01-15929, 01-16079.

312 F.3d 1349 (2002)

BRANDON, JONES, SANDALL, ZEIDE, KOHN, CHALAL & MUSSO, P.A., a Florida Corporation, d.b.a. Orthopedic Center of Palm Beach County, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross-Appellant, v. MEDPARTNERS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, MedPartners Acquisition Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, MedPartners Physician Management, L.P., a Delaware Corporation, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees. MedPartners, Inc., MedPartners Acquisition Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. American Arbitration Association, Defendant-Appellee, Brandon, Jones, Sandall, Zeide, Kohn, Chalal & Musso, P.A., d.b.a. Orthopedic Center of Palm Beach County, Joseph B. Chalal, Marvin A. Kohn, Emilio Musso, Edward W. Sandall, Michael S. Zeide, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 27, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Allan Freedman, Broad & Cassel, Miami, FL, Eric D. Franz, Stephen J. Bumgarner, Joseph W. Letzer, Burr & Forman, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for MedPartners parties.

James W. Beasley, Jr., Robert Jeffrey Hauser, Beasley, Leacock & Hauser, PA, Robert M. Montgomery, Jr., Montgomery & Larmoyeux, West Palm Beach, FL, for Brandon Firm.

John M. Townsend, Hughes, Hubbard & Reed, LLP, Washington, DC, for American Arbitration Ass'n.

Michael L. Edwards, Charles Alan Burkhart, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Orthopedic Center.

Before EDMONDSON, Chief Judge, and BLACK and COX, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The parties to these two separate appeals litigated three different cases across federal and state courts in two different states. The district court, in which the different cases were collected, entered an omnibus order that compelled arbitration. The parties appeal, presenting arbitration-related questions about our jurisdiction and about the merits of the case.1

BACKGROUND

I. Contract Formation

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