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GREEN TREE FIN. CORP. v. BAZZLE

Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
An arbitrator must determine whether contracts between a commercial lender and its customers, containing a clause providing for arbitration of all...

STANDARD BENT GLASS CORP. v. GLASSROBOTS OY

Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law
In a commercial dispute, where the parties' conduct constituted a definite and seasonable expression of acceptance that evinced the formation of a...

KARAHA BODAS CO., L.L.C. v. PERTAMBANGAN

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, Oil and Gas Law
Given the structure and purpose of the U.N. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards and the responsibilities of the...

INLAND BULK TRANSFER CO. v. CUMMINS ENGINE CO.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A contract arbitration provision was enforceable, but because district courts only have power to compel arbitration within their own districts and the...

AIRLINE PROF'LS ASS'N OF THE INT'L BHD. OF TEAMSTERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 1224 v. AIRBORNE, INC.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff in a complaint to compel arbitration pursuant to section 301 of the Labor-Management Relations Act lacks standing because what has allegedly...

IN RE: HUMANA INC. MANAGED CARE LITIGATION

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
On remand from the US Supreme Court, the district court's ruling that defendant managed-health-care organizations' arbitration clauses which...

KALAI v. GRAY

Attorney's Fees, Construction, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A party who enters into a pre-dispute agreement to arbitrate does not waive his right to resort to that forum merely because he first attempts to air...

POSTLEWAITE v. MCGRAW-HILL, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Media Law
District court's collateral estoppel ruling, that a prior judgment confirming an arbitration award in favor of defendant against plaintiffs...

NAT'L RR. PASSENGER CORP. v. EXPRESSTRAK, L.L.C.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Transportation
District court order compelling arbitration of disputes concerning the parties' lease agreements, as well as the injunction disallowing performance...

SPAHR v. SECCO

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. section 4, does not dictate that an arbitrator, rather than the court, decide a mental capacity challenge to a...