American General Financial Services v. Jape

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, pre empts OCGA § 5-6-34 (b), a statute which requires parties seeking to appeal from such an *638order in state courts to follow interlocutory appeal procedures. Because we conclude § 5-6-34 (b) is a procedural statute not preempted by 9 USC § 16 (a) (1) (B), the Court of Appeals’ order dismissing the direct appeal…