GARCIA v. WACHOVIA CORP.

No. 11-16029.

699 F.3d 1273 (2012)

Melanie GARCIA, Marc Martinez, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Dolores Gutierrez, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Celia Spears-Haymond, as an individual and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Alex Zankich, Plaintiffs-Appellees, William Rucker, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. WACHOVIA CORPORATION, et al., Defendants, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on its own behalf and on behalf of its predecessor, Wachovia Bank, N.A., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeremy William Alters , Alters Law Firm, Robert C. Josefsberg , Steven Craig Marks , Aaron S. Podhurst , Peter Prieto , Stephen F. Rosenthal , Podhurst Orseck, PA, Miami, FL, Kimberly L. Boldt , Boldt Law Firm, Hollywood, FL, David Marc Buckner , Robert Cecil Gilbert , Grossman Roth, PA, Coral Gables, FL, Bruce Stephen Rogow , Bruce S. Rogow , Fort Lauderdale, FL, Steve W. Berman , Ari Y. Brown , Genessa A. Stout , Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro, LLP, John Matthew Geyman , John Wentworth Phillips , Phillips Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, Michael R. Comeau , Comeau Maldegen Templeman & Indall LLP, Santa Fe, NM, Edward Adam Webb , Webb Klase & Lemond, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Steve D. Larson , Joshua L. Ross , Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Schlachter, PC, Portland, OR, Mikaela Bernstein , Jordan Elias , Michael Walter Sobol , Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Barry R. Himmelstein , Himmelstein Law Network, Emeryville, CA, Jae Kook Kim , Richard D. McCune , McCune Wright, LLP, Redlands, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Sonya D. Winner , David M. Jolley , Cortlin H. Lannin , Philip Andrew Scarborough , Covington & Burling, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Barry R. Davidson , Hunton & Williams, LLP, Jamie Zysk Isani , Hunton & Williams, LLP, Miami, FL, Emily Johnson Henn , Covington & Burling LLP, Redwood Shores, CA, Brian J. Meenaghan , Lane Powell PC, Seattle, WA, Defendant-Appellant.

Before BARKETT and PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and BATTEN, District Judge.


PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., for itself and its predecessor, Wachovia Bank, N.A., waived its right to compel arbitration of claims brought by its customers as putative class action plaintiffs. The customer agreements that govern the claims provide that either party may move to compel arbitration and that all arbitrated claims must be arbitrated on an individual instead of a classwide basis. The district court...

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