AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES v. JAPE

No. S12G0463.

732 S.E.2d 746 (2012)

291 Ga. 637

AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES v. JAPE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Fillingim Cummings , Hunton & Williams LLP, Charlotte M. Ritz , Rhani Morris Lott , Atlanta, for appellant.

John T. Longino , The Longino Law Firm, LLC, Canton, for appellee.


THOMPSON, Presiding Justice.

We granted certiorari in this appeal to determine whether 9 USC § 16(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 USC § 1 et seq., (the "FAA"), which grants federal litigants the right to directly appeal a trial court's order refusing to compel arbitration, preempts OCGA § 5-6-34(b), a statute which requires parties seeking to appeal from such an order in state courts to follow interlocutory appeal procedures. Because we conclude...

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