United States Ninth Circuit
TEXTILE UNLIMITED, INC. v. A..BMHAND COMPANY, INC., 00-56358
The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 USC 1 et seq., does not require venue in the contractually-designated arbitration locale because the venue provisions are discretionary, not mandatory.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/10/2001
- Decided 02/14/2001
- Published 02/14/2001
Judges
- THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before: TROTT, THOMAS and BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Mark M. Kassabian and Jacqueline Bruce Chinery; Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue; Los Angeles, California, for the defendant-appellant., William H.Y. Park, Michael Schillaci, Jeffre T. Lowe; Kwak, Kim & Park; Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.