SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. v. THOMAS

No. 11-15587.

720 F.3d 1352 (2013)

SOUTHERN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC., d.b.a. Southern-LINC Wireless, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Derek THOMAS, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Williams, II , John P. Hutchins , Puja R. Patel , Troutman Sanders, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Richard J. Burke , Paul M. Weiss , Complex Litigation Group LLC, Highland Park, IL, Wade H. Tomlinson, III , and Shaun O'Hara , Pope, McGlamry, Kilpatrick, Morrison & Norwood, P.C., Columbus, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before TJOFLAT, CARNES and JORDAN, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

Southern Communications Services, Inc., (d/b/a SouthernLINC Wireless) ("SouthernLINC") appeals the District Court's November 3, 2011, order denying its motion to vacate two arbitration awards, one construing the arbitration clause so as to allow for class litigation, the other certifying a class. We conclude that, under the standard set forth by the Supreme Court in Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, 569 U.S. ___, 133...

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