United States Tenth Circuit

Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act prohibits the Colorado district court from compelling arbitration in Colorado when a contractual agreement designates Washington, D.C. as the arbitration forum.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/13/2005
• Published 07/13/2005

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before LUCERO, McKAY, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Bobbee J. Musgrave, Steven J. Perfrement, and Paul J. Lopach, Musgrave & Theis, LLP, Denver, CO, for Defendant-Appellant., K.C. Groves, Ireland, Stapleton, Pryor & Pascoe, P.C., Denver, CO, and James G. Rizzo and James E. Smith, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, Washington, D.C., for Plaintiffs-Appellees.