STERLING FINANCIAL INV. GROUP, INC. v. HAMMER

No. 03-15745.

393 F.3d 1223 (2004)

STERLING FINANCIAL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernard D. HAMMER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 16, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred A. LaSorte, Jr., Shutts & Bowen, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, William S. Shepherd, Jr., Shepherd, Smith & Edwards, LLP, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.

Samantha J. Kavanaugh, Jonathan Goodman, Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before BARKETT, HULL and COX, Circuit Judges.


COX, Circuit Judge:

I. INTRODUCTION

Bernard D. Hammer appeals an order entered by the district court in the Southern District of Florida granting Sterling Financial Investment Group Inc.'s motion to stay arbitration in Houston, Texas and compel arbitration in Boca Raton, Florida. We conclude that the district court properly exercised jurisdiction in this case pursuant to section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 4 (2004). Accordingly, we...

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