U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Patton v. Johnson
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- Feb. 11, 2019
- Case
- Patton v. Johnson
- Case status
- Decided
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SELYA, Circuit Judge. Over time, this case has become a procedural motley. In its current iteration, defendant-appellant Barry Johnson emphasizes his association with the Johnson Law Firm (JLF) in attempting to compel the plaintiffs, Rickie Patton and his wife Cathleen Marquardt, to arbitrate various tort claims (including their claims of legal malpractice). The district court, adopting…
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