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MORRISON v. AMWAY CORP.

No. 06-20138.

517 F.3d 248 (2008)

Dr. Joe MORRISON; et al., Plaintiffs, Dr. Joe Morrison; Dawn Morrison; Randy Councill; Janet Councill; Dan Higgins; Helen Higgins; Ron Green; Karen Green; Victor Brook; Cathy Brook; Richmond Eagle Corp.; Dave Roberts; Rose Roberts; Tony Cutaia; Mary Cutaia; Warren. Bird; Donna Bird; Kye Yeaman; Wade McKay; Debbie McKay; Robert Price; Barbara Price; Clay Young; Lisa Young, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Herbert Hamilton; Marilyn Hamilton; Donald May; Celeste May; Michael Cutaia; Karen Cutaia; Randall Laine; Diane Laine; Frank Mazzola; Karen Mazzola; Larry Rogers; Suzanne Rogers; Robert Schmanski; Dana Schmanski, Appellants, v. AMWAY CORPORATION; et al., Defendants, Amway Corporation; Dexter Yager, Individually, doing business as Yager Enterprises and Internet Services Corp.; Donald R. Wilson, Individually, doing business as Wow International, Inc.; Randy Haugen, Individually, doing business as Freedom Associates, Inc.; Freedom Tools, Inc.; John Sims, Individually, doing business as Sims Enterprises; Internet Services Corp.; Yager Enterprises, Defendants-Appellees, v. Pamela Gale Johnson, Joe & Dawn Morrison Bankruptcy Estate; William G. West, Tony & Maryann Cutaia Bankruptcy Estate; Robert Newhouse, Herbert & Marilyn Hamilton Bankruptcy Estate; Helen G. Schwartz; Wade & Debbie McKay Bankruptcy Estate; Christopher Moser, Warren & Donna Bird Bankruptcy Estate; William G. West, Randy & Janet Councill Bankruptcy Estate; Ben Floyd, Michael & Karen Cutaia Bankruptcy Estate; W. Steve Smith, Ron & Karen Green Bankruptcy Estate; Ben Floyd, Frank & Karen Mazzola Bankruptcy Estate; Janet Casciato-Northrup, Dave & Rose Roberts Bankruptcy Estate; Ben Floyd, Dana & Robert Schmanski Bankruptcy Estate; Janet Casciato-Northrup, Donald and Celeste May Bankruptcy Estate, Trustees-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brock C. Akers (argued), Michelle Chelvam, Phillips & Akers, A. Glenn Diddel, III, The Diddel Law Firm, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants and Appellants.

Thomas C. Walsh (argued), Bryan Cave, St. Louis, MO, Thomas Wilson Taylor, Kendall Matthew Gray, Andrews Kurth, Houston, TX, for Amway Corp.

Michael Y. McCormick, McCormick, Hancock & Newton, Houston, TX, for Yager, Haugen, Freedom Tools, Inc., Sims and Yager Enterprises and Internet Services Corp.

Rick Joseph Abraham, Abraham Law Offices, Columbus, OH, Edward B. McDonough, Jr., McDonough & Associates, Houston, TX, for Internet Services Corp.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Appellants (collectively, "Distributors") appeal the district court's final judgment confirming and entering judgment on the arbitration award. Appellants seek reversal of the district court's judgment and vacatur of the arbitration award, reversal of the district court's prior order compelling arbitration, and remand for a trial. They argue five issues on appeal: (1) the district court erred by not...

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