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ROBINSON v. CHAMPAIGN LANDMARK, INC.

Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Review of an arbitration award in a bankruptcy proceeding is limited to proper motions to vacate or modify under the Federal Arbitration Act, and...

ZURICH AM. INS. CO. v. SUPERIOR COURT

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Remedies
A preliminary injunction issued by the district court, enjoining a California court from further proceedings pending the district court's resolution...

SATURN DISTRIB. CORP. v. PARAMOUNT STD., LTD.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A district court order compelling arbitration was a final and appealable decision, and a dispute arising from an automobile franchise agreement was...

CARGILL FERROUS INT'L v. SEA PHOENIX MV

Admiralty, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Trade, Transportation
Bills of lading between a vessel owner and a shipper incorporated the arbitration clause of the shipper's voyage charter with a time charterer, thus...

THE GMS GROUP. LLC v. BENDERSON

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
The district court applied an appropriate level of scrutiny to the arbitral award in favor of securities customer, and the ruling was not made in...

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYS., INC. v. BOOK

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies
Physicians' claims that managed-health-care organizations violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) can be compelled to...

CORONA v. AMHERST PARTNERS

Attorney's Fees, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where a party is required by contract to submit a dispute to binding arbitration, but does not request that the arbitrator decide his entitlement to...

RESTORATION PRES. MASONRY, INC. v. GROVE EUROPE LTD.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Denial of motion to compel arbitration is affirmed where international defendants waived their right to arbitration.

MUSNICK v. KING MOTOR CO. OF FORT LAUDERDALE

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff has not met his burden to show that mandatory arbitration of his claim would result in prohibitive costs to him. Accordingly, the decision...

SPINETTI v. SERV. CORP. INT'L

Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
When the district court voided an arbitration agreement's attorney's fees and arbitration costs provision for offending federal statutes and ruling...