TotalEnergies Renewables USA LLC - Danish Fields Solar LLC - Skysol LLC - Ellis Solar LLC - Myrtle Solar LLC v Trina Solar US Inc - Trina Solar Co Ltd - United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit No 22-16763 - Memorandum - 21 December 2023
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2023
Summary
Defendants-Appellants Trina Solar (U.S.), Inc. and Trina Solar Co., Ltd. (collectively "Trina Solar") appeal the district court's order denying Trina Solar's motion to compel arbitration and remanding the case to state court. Trina Solar contends that the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA") confers jurisdiction for their removal and for this appeal, and that the district court decision made an antecedent merits determination about arbitrability that is separable from the remand and reviewable on appeal. Plaintiffs-Appellees TotalEnergies Renewables USA, LLC, et al. ("TotalEnergies") assert that the district court appropriately remanded for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and that the arbitrability determination is not separable. ...