TRANSOUTH FINANCIAL CORP. v. BELL

No. 97-6767.

149 F.3d 1292 (1998)

TRANSOUTH FINANCIAL CORPORATION; Associates Financial Services Company, Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellee. v. Ronald A. BELL, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 12, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Fairley McDonald, III, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, P.A., Montgomery, AL, A. William Loeffler, Ralph H. Greil, William N. Withrow, Jr., Troutman Sanders, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Alan S. Kaplinsky, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Tingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Curiae.

Paul R. Cooper, Cooper & Cooper, Darron C. Hendley, Law Office of Darron C. Hendley, Montgomery, AL, for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.

Before CARNES and HULL, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants TranSouth Financial Corp. ("TranSouth"), Associates Financial Life Insurance Company ("AFLIC"), Associates Insurance Company ("AIC"), and Associates Financial Services Company, Inc ("AFSC"), appeal the district court's order dismissing their complaint, which sought to compel appellee Ronald Bell to arbitrate his claims against them, and denying their request for a stay of the concurrent state court action Bell had instituted against...

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