Transouth Financial Corp. v. Bell

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants TranSouth Financial Corp. (“TranSouth”), Associates Financial Life Insurance Company (“AFLIC”), Associates Insurance Company (“AIC”), and Associates Financial Services Company, Inc (“AFSC”), appeal the district court’s order dismissing their complaint, which sought to compel ap-pellee Ronald Bell to arbitrate his claims against them, and denying their request for a stay of the concurrent state court action Bell had instituted against them. The dismissal was based upon the district court’s conclusion that, in the interest of comity and federalism, it should…