Webb v. Farmers of North America, Inc., No. 17-3456 (8th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseFarmers brought an interlocutory appeal of the district court's rulings interpreting an arbitration agreement in an employment contract. The Eighth Circuit dismissed the appeal based on lack of jurisdiction, holding that when a district court enters a stay instead of a dismissal, that order is not appealable. In this case, the district court's decision stayed the case pending arbitration, but did not dismiss the claims. The court held that it lacked jurisdiction under 9 U.S.C. 16(a)(1)(B) absent an order denying arbitration outright, and the court declined to apply the collateral order doctrine to find jurisdiction in this case.
Court Description: Smith, Author, with Wollman and Grasz, Circuit Judges] Civil case - Civil procedure. Interlocutory appeal of an order granting motion to compel arbitration in an employment dispute dismissed for lack of jurisdiction; when a district court enters a stay of litigation, instead of a dismissal of the claims, that order is not appealable; neither 9 U.S.C. Sec. 16(a)(1)(B) nor the collateral order doctrine rendered the order appealable.
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