TORRES v. SIMPATICO, INC.

No. 14-1567.

781 F.3d 963 (2015)

Jose TORRES; Guadalupe Clemente; Luz Walker; Christina Beiter; Antonio Carmona, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. SIMPATICO, INC.; Stratus Franchising, LLC; Peter Frese, Jr., individually; Dennis Jarrett, individually; Carmen Garcia, individually; David Farrell, individually; Marisa Lather, individually; Alen Suljanovic, individually; Bob Stapleton, individually; PHSSCH SBS, LLC; Channen Smith, individually; Stratus Building Solutions of Arizona, Inc.; Lupita Gallego, individually; Ed Nunez, individually; Jason Dowling, individually; Gonzalo Moreno, individually; Mark Bashforth, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of San Diego; Mark Bashforth, individually; Jayson Bashforth, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of San Diego; Jayson Bashforth, individually; Marvin Ashton, individually; Colorado Cleaning Partners, Inc., doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Southern Colorado; James Van Dyke, individually; Channen Smith, doing business as Stratus of Denver; Joshua Fletcher, individually; Mert Smith, individually; Kukamachu, Inc., doing business as Stratus of Honolulu; Aaron Kahaloa, individually; Iowa Building Solutions, LLC, doing business as Stratus of Iowa; Leonard Fazio, individually; Michael Fazio, individually; Amy Lundstrum, individually; Stratus Building Solutions of Kansas, LLC; Gator Greenwill, individually; Luis Morales; Napco Group, Inc., doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Maryland; Mike Napolitano, individually; Anthony Napolitano, individually; Stratus Building Solutions of Nebraska; Chelley Baack, individually; Jim Morrison, individually; Shawn Vick, individually; Ariss Rogel, individually; Sunshine Investment Group, Inc., doing business as Stratus of Northern New Jersey; Don Gartner, individually; Stratus Building Solutions of Long Island, Inc.; Richard Baran, individually; MARRS, LLC, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Cincinnati; Mark Stocker, individually; Terry Behrle, individually; Tom Grassi, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Cleveland; Tom Grassi, individually; Tim Tilton, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Cleveland; Tim Tilton, individually; HolBon Holdings, LLC, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Philadelphia; Tom Weiss, individually; John Coleman, individually; Bonnie Coleman, individually; Ralph Sizemore, doing business as Stratus of Upstate Carolina; Ralph Sizemore, individually; DE Holdings, LLC, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Nashville; David Smith, individually; Ed Lease, individually; Mark Bashforth, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Houston; Jayson Bashforth, doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Houston; Greg Fishman, doing business as Stratus of Austin; Greg Fishman, individually; Tom Baker, doing business as Stratus of Dallas; Dawn Caudill, doing business as Stratus of Dallas; Tom Baker, individually; Dawn Caudill, individually; Stephen Sheriff, individually; TJM Associates, Inc., doing business as Stratus of Northern Texas; Jacquelyn Mosley, individually; Thomas Mosley, individually; Eleazar Quintana, individually; William Ragsdale, individually; Stratus Building Solutions of Northern Utah; Lori Sealy, individually; SYDDAR, inc., doing business as Stratus Building Solutions of Salt Lake; Shauna Sharpsteen, individually; Lucero Flores, individually; Emily Thomas, individually; Shea Sealy, individually, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: March 25, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Edward Fortman , on the brief and argued, Florissant, MO, for appellant.

Glenn Eugene Davis , argued, Saint Louis, MO ( Charles Noah Insler , on the brief, Saint Louis, MO), for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, SMITH, and SHEPHERD, Circuit Judges.


Jose Torres, Guadalupe Clemente, Luz Walker, Christina Beiter, and Antonio Carmona (the Appellants) appeal from the district court's1 order granting appellees' motion to compel individual arbitration. We affirm.

The Appellants are current or former unit franchisees of Stratus Franchising...

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