California Court of Appeal

Plaintiff is not bound to arbitrate under the terms of an amendment to his credit card agreement where he expressly refused to be bound, and his failure to immediately pay off the balance and cancel the card did not amount to a ratification.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2003
• Published 01/08/2003

Judges

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Rintala, Smoot, Jaenicke & Rees, G. Howden Fraser, Los Angeles;  Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Wash., Dist. of Columbia, and Christopher R. Lipsett, for Defendant and Appellant., Strange & Carpenter, Brian R. Strange, Gretchen Carpenter;  Law Offices of Barry L. Kramer and Barry L. Kramer, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Respondent.