Legal Opinion
Wells v. Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B.
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided March 8, 2001No. 22, Sept. Term, 2000PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODOWSKY, Judge.
This appeal was taken from an order compelling arbitration. A preliminary procedural issue is whether Maryland law, which authorizes such appeals, has been preempted by 9 U.S.C. §§ 1 through 16, the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). The substantive issue is whether the appellants, plaintiffs below, agreed to arbitrate. As explained below, we shall answer each issue in the negative.
The plaintiffs are Dale Wells of Ellieott City, Maryland, Sharon Goldenberg of Washington, D.C., and John Dovel of Falls Church, Virginia (the Plaintiffs). They sue Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B. (Chevy…
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