Escalante v. Holder

How courts have described this case

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• holding interlocutory appellate jurisdiction extends to appeal from vacatur of prior order compelling arbitration
• explaining that an appellate court has jurisdiction to review an order lifting a stay of arbitration, which is tantamount to “refusing a stay” under section 3 of the FAA (quoting 9 U.S.C. § 16(a)(1)(A))
• finding appellate jurisdiction over an order that “lifted a prior stay under Section 3 [of the FAA] and vacated a prior order compelling arbitration”
• “a party may not raise an argument for the first time in a motion for reconsideration.”
• “Because the order appealed from was effectively one ‘refusing a stay,’ we have jurisdiction to review it.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “As with any contract, ‘the parties’ intentions ■ control.’ ”

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