Legal Opinion

Thomas E. Walton Le'ellen Walton v. Rose Mobile Homes Llc, Southern Energy Homes, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided July 30, 2002No. 00-60742PublishedCited by 96 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

Defendantr-Appellant Southern Energy Homes, Inc. appeals the district court’s denial of its motion to compel arbitration of the Waltons’ claim for breach of express written warranty under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2301-12 (1994). For the following reasons, we REVERSE and REMAND.

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In January 1999, Plaintiffs-Appellees Thomas and Le’Ellen Walton (“the Wal-tons”) purchased a mobile home manufactured by DefendanL-Appellant Southern Energy Homes, Inc. (“Southern Energy”) from a retail seller, Rose Mobile Homes (“Rose”). Southern Energy issued the…

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