United States Sixth Circuit

Arbitration agreements contained in larger contracts should be considered "separate" from the contract only insofar as to examine whether the arbitration clause was fraudulently induced or is otherwise unenforceable.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/12/2005
• Published 01/12/2005

Judges

• Before:  DAUGHTREY and SUTTON, Circuit Judges;  FORESTER, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  P. Benjamin Duke, Covington & Burling, New York, New York, H. Nicholas Berberian, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, Illinois, for Appellants.  Robert P. Duvin, Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  P. Benjamin Duke, Laurence A. Silverman, Aaron R. Marcu, Covington & Burling, New York, New York, H. Nicholas Berberian, Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, Illinois, Douglas V. Bartman, Kahn Kleinman, Cleveland, Ohio, Mark O'Neill, Weston, Hurd, Fallon, Paisley & Howley, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellants.  Robert P. Duvin, Kenneth D. Schwartz, Duvin, Cahn & Hutton, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.