Nobles v. Rural Community Insurance Services

OPINION AND ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This case has been described as having a “convoluted procedural history.” Nobles v. Rural Cmty. Ins. Servs., 303 F.Supp.2d 1279, 1280 (M.D.Ala.2004) (Thompson, J.). It is now before the court on plaintiffs William M. Nobles and Ronnie Hales’s motion to vacate this court’s order taxing costs against them. The question presented is whether plaintiffs who prevail in court-ordered arbitration but against whom summary judgment is granted on their remaining non-arbitrable claims must pay the defendant’s costs for transcripts of the arbitration…