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HEENAN v. SOBATI

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A sitting superior court judge may not conduct a private arbitration subject to confirmation under the California Arbitration Act.

BASE METAL TRADING, LTD. v. OJSC

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The mere presence of seized property in the forum state, when there is no relationship between the property and the action, provides no basis for...

HUBER, HUNT & NICHOLS, INC. v. UNITED ASSOC. OF JOURNEYMEN

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Where a union and general contractor each received opposing arbitration awards from two different arbitrators, the Local Committee (LC) and the...

LEKAS v. UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Because airline employee's action under the Railway Labor Act, to enforce an arbitration award of the System Board of Adjustment, was commenced more...

SOVAK v. CHIGAI PHARMACEUTICAL CO.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
When an underlying Stock Redemption Agreement contains only a general state choice-of-law, federal law governs the right to compel arbitration, while...

FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. v. GASKAMP

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law
Children who were neither signatories to, nor third-party beneficiaries of, a contract executed by their parents may not be bound by an arbitration...

BANK ONE, N.A. v. SHUMAKE

Commercial Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Indian Law
In a appeal of the dismissal of a bank's consolidated claims to compel arbitration of credit card disputes occurring on an Indian Reservation, under...

ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. v. TEAMSTERS LOCAL UNION NO. 744

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an appeal of judgement upholding an arbitrator's decision in favor of the union concerning the commission rate plaintiff paid its union drivers...

ATAC CORP. v. ARTHUR TREACHER'S, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where there is no "final decision with respect to an arbitration," the appellate court lacks jurisdiction over an interlocutory appeal to stay the...

VESTAX SECURITIES CORP. v. MCWOOD

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law
Having correctly determined that the current dispute regarding the purchase and sale of securities is between customers and persons associated with...