AMERICAN HERITAGE LIFE INS. CO. v. ORR

Nos. 01-60678, 01-60679, 01-60680, 01-60681 and 01-60682.

294 F.3d 702 (2002)

AMERICAN HERITAGE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY; First Colonial Insurance Company of Florida; Fidelity National Insurance Corporation, doing business as Republic Finance, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. John D. ORR, Betty E. Sanford, Frankie L. Moore, Jimmie Martin and Nathaniel Henley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 14, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rik Stanford Tozzi (argued), Brian Alan Dodd, W. Michael Atchison, Starnes & Atchison, Birmingham, AL, William Hollis Leech, Beth L. Orlansky, McGlinchey Stafford, Jackson, MS, for American Heritage Life Ins. Co. and First Colonial Ins. Co. of Florida.

James Rodney Chastain, Jr. (argued), Shannan Sweeney Rieger, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McGowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, Robert T. Gordon, Jr., Heidelberg & Woodliff, Jackson, MS, for Fidelity Nat. Corp.

Bennie Lee Jones, Jr. (argued), Law Offices of Bennie L. Jones, Jr. & Associates, West Point, MS, David Shelby VanEvery, Sr., VanEvery Law Firm, Columbus, MS, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before WIENER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.


LITTLE, District Judge:

Today we consider a consolidated appeal by Defendants-Appellants from the district court's order in favor of Plaintiffs-Appellees, compelling arbitration. Defendants-Appellants include the following parties: John D. Orr, Betty F. Sanford, Frankie L. Moore, Jimmie Martin, and Nathaniel Henley (collectively referred to as the "Appellants"). Plaintiffs-Appellees are: Fidelity National Corporation d/b...

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