U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 2009

Community State Bank v. Strong

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · Decided April 20, 2009 · Anderson, Barkett, Birch, Black, Carnes, Dubina, Edmondson, Hull, Marcus, Pryor, Tjoflat, Wilson

565 F.3d 1305; 2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 8427; 2009 WL 1044808 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

John G. Parker, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, LLP, Christopher J. Willis, Daniel D. Zegura, Richard H. Sinkfield, Rogers & Hardin, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Alan S. Kaplinsky, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioners-Appellants., Roy E. Barnes, John Raymond Bevis, The Barnes Law Group, Marietta, GA, Jennifer Auer Jordan, Pate & Brody, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee., Imre Stephen Szalai, Cal. Western Sch. of Law, San Diego, CA, Pierre H. Berger-on, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P., Cincinnati, OH, Mark C. Dosker, Squire, Sanders & Dempey, San Francisco, CA, for Amicus Curiae.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

Community State Bank v. Strong (11th Cir. 2011)
Community State Bank v. James Strong (11th Cir. 2011)
Cobb v. Resurgent Capital Services, LP (United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia 2021)
Community State Bank v. Strong (11th Cir. 2009)

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Opinion of the Court

BY THE COURT:

On September 10, 2007, we granted rehearing en banc of our decision in Community State Bank v. Strong, 485 F.3d 597 (11th Cir. 2007), to consider whether a federal court may look through a petition to compel arbitration of a claim in order to determine whether the court has jurisdiction. See Community State Bank v. Strong, 508 F.3d 576 (11th Cir. 2007). In the time since we granted rehearing en banc, the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in Discover Bank v. Vaden, 396 F.3d 366 (4th Cir. 2005), to decide essentially the same question, and on March 9, 2009, issued its decision in Vaden. See Vaden v. Discover Bank, — U.S. -, 129 S.Ct. 1262, 173 L.Ed.2d 206 (2009). The Supreme Court determined that a federal court may look through a petition to compel arbitration to determine whether it has jurisdiction over the petition. See id. at 1268.

In light of this development, we have concluded that this case no longer merits en banc review. See United States v. Drury, 396 F.3d 1143, 1144 (11th Cir. 2005) (en banc) (“Rehearing en banc is disfavored and ordinarily will not be ordered unless it is necessary to maintain uniformity in the Court’s decisions or ... if the proceeding involves a question of exceptional importance.”) (quoting Fed. R.App. Proc. 35(a); citing 11th Cir. R. 35-3).

Accordingly, we VACATE the order of September 10, 2007 granting rehearing en banc, and REMAND the case to the panel for further consideration in light of Vaden.

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