TAYLOR v. NELSON

Nos. 85-1948, 85-1992.

788 F.2d 220 (1986)

Donald F. TAYLOR, Appellee, v. Willie NELSON, t/a Willie Nelson & Family, Appellant, and Johnny Paycheck, t/a Johnny Paycheck & The West Texas Music Co.; Buddy Lee Attractions, Inc., a Tennessee Corporation; Joe Harris, Defendants. (Two Cases)

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay Goldberg (Michael G. Berger, Jay Goldberg P.C., New York City, Carroll D. Rea, Dudley F. Woody, Woods, Rogers & Hazelgrove, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Martin E. Silfen (Silfen & Glasser, P.C., New York City, Charles L. Williams, Linda Davis Frith, Gentry, Locke, Rakes & Moore, Roanoke, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 25, 1986.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Willie Nelson appeals from an order denying his motion for a stay pending arbitration and from an order vacating on the ground of evident partiality an arbitration award in favor of Nelson against plaintiff Taylor, 615 F.Supp. 533. We hold that this court has jurisdiction to consider Nelson's appeals, and that the motion...

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