all - Opinion Summaries

HERRNREITER v. CHICAGO HOUSING AUTHORITY

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Judgement Enforcement
Where the parties reached an oral settlement agreement on appeal but later disagreed on the contents of the agreement, by asking the court to...

ACEROS PREFABRICADOS, S.A. v. TRADEARBED, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where parties contracting for the sale of goods were both merchants under the UCC, arbitration provisions in defendant's confirmation orders became...

HILL v. G E POWER SYSTEMS, INC.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where allowing plaintiffs' suit against non-signatory to contract would undermine the arbitration proceedings between plaintiffs and contract...

INLAND BOATMENS UNION OF THE PACIFIC v. DUTRA GROUP

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Because the parties' dispute over a settlement agreement was arbitrable under the terms of their collective bargaining agreement, the district court's...

CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC. v. ADAMS

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Because a mandatory Dispute Resolution Agreement (DRA) signed by plaintiff employee was unconscionable, the district court's order compelling...

PAUL v. FRIEDMAN

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where a lawyer-s investigative acts in the course of prosecuting his clients- arbitration claims against a securities broker did not involve an issue...

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

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
In reviewing an arbitration decision, where the party against whom costs were assessed had notice of its opponent-s claims and an opportunity to...

CROWELL v. DOWNEY COMTY HOSP. FOUND.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law
Parties to an arbitration agreement may not agree that an arbitration award is subject to judicial review to determine whether the award is supported...

FLEETWOOD ENTER., INC. v. GASKAMP

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

SALIM OLEOCHEMICALS v. M/V SHROPSHIRE

Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A dismissal without prejudice in favor of arbitration is an appealable final decision under the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Section 16.