MEHLER v. TERMINIX INTERN. CO. L.P.

Docket No. 98-9407.

205 F.3d 44 (2000)

Jeffrey N. MEHLER and Mary S. Russell, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THE TERMINIX INTERNATIONAL COMPANY L.P., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: February 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Harrison, Day, Berry & Howard LLP, Hartford, CT (Peter R. Knight, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.

Margaret A. Little, Stratford, CT (Martha A. Dean, Hartford, CT, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

(Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut (Garry Desjardins, Assistant Attorney General, of counsel), submitted a brief for amicus curiae the State of Connecticut).

Before: MINER, PARKER, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.


Judge PARKER dissents in a separate opinion.

STRAUB, Circuit Judge:

Defendant and Appellant the Terminix International Company L.P. ("Terminix") appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Alvin W. Thompson, Judge), denying its motion to dismiss or in the alternative to stay the litigation and compel arbitration, pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., in light...

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