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GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORP.-ALA. v. RANDOLPH

No. 99-1235.

531 U.S. 79 (2000)

GREEN TREE FINANCIAL CORP.-ALABAMA et al. v. RANDOLPH

United States Supreme Court.

Decided December 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Paul J. Zidlicky, Robert A. Huffaker, and William H. Webster.

Joseph M. Sellers argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Suzette M. Malveaux, Deborah J. Vagins, C. Knox McLaney III, and Lynn W. Jinks III.*

Rehnquist, C. J., delivered the opinion of the Court, Part II of which was unanimous and Parts I and III of which were joined by O'Connor, Scalia, Kennedy, and Thomas, JJ. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Stevens and Souter, JJ., joined, and in which Breyer, J., joined as to Parts I and III, p. 92.

Chief Justice Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this case we first address whether an order compelling arbitration and dismissing a party's underlying claims is a "final decision with respect to an arbitration" within the meaning of § 16(a)(3) of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U. S. C. § 16(a)(3), and thus is immediately appealable pursuant to that Act. Because we decide that question in the affirmative...

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