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NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. CO. v. HOME INS. CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a dispute over a re-insurance contract, an arbitration panel exceeded its authority in ordering payment to a non-party to the contract and...

CITIZENS BANK v. ALAFABCO, INC.

Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A debt-restructuring agreement had a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce to make an arbitration provision in that agreement enforceable under...

INT'L CHEM. WORKERS UNION v. COLUMBIAN CHEMS. CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Because an arbitration award in a dispute under a collective bargaining agreement did not present circumstances warranting vacating of the award under...

GEN. WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS' UNION LOCAL 767 v. ALBERTSON'S DISTRIB., INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
A rational conclusion could be made that an employee's grievance over a suspension also covered his discharge, under the procedure set forth in a...

TRANS CHEM. LTD. v. CHINA NAT'L MACH. IMPORT & EXPORT CORP.

Civil Procedure, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Motion for intervention on the issues of corporate ownership was untimely, as plaintiffs clearly had notice that their interests in the company were...

SIMMS v.NPCK ENTERS., INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies, Sanctions
Although plaintiffs filed suit for damages and sought a preliminary injunction, substantial evidence does not support a finding of waiver of...

MCMANUS v. CIBC WORLD MKTS. CORP.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Securities Law
In an appeal of petition to compel arbitration of employment and defamation claims, the order denying the petition to compel arbitration is reversed,...

SPIERER v. FEDERATED DEP'T STORES

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The bankruptcy court's issuing of a stay of creditors' state court suit against debtors, until creditors had gone through the arbitration process, was...

INGLE v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Under California law, an arbitration agreement presented on an adhere-or-reject basis and signed in conjunction with an employment application was...

NAT'L AM. INS. CO. v. TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INS. CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Insurance Law
In a dispute arising from reinsurance contracts, the district court correctly interpreted the parties' arbitration agreements and the applicable...