KIDD v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSUR. SOC. OF U.S.

No. 93-6571.

32 F.3d 516 (1994)

Ronald KIDD; Thomas Hampton, on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF the UNITED STATES of America, a corporation, Defendant-Appellant, James W. Brown, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Huckaby, Jr., Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Johnston, Birmingham, AL, for appellant.

Beverly P. Baker, C. Geoffrey Weirich, R. Lawrence Ashe, Jr., Jocelyn J. Hunter, Paul Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, GA, for Equitable Life.

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Byron R. Perkins, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, Birmingham, AL, for Ronald Kidd.

Before EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and PITTMAN, Senior District Judge.


JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

The Equitable Life Assurance Company ("Equitable") appeals from the district court's order denying Equitable's motion to compel arbitration of employment discrimination claims asserted by two of its securities sales representatives. On appeal, Equitable contends that certain applications the two representatives signed with the National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") mandate arbitration. For the reasons that follow, we reverse...

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