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CHOICE HOTELS INT'L, INC. v. BSR TROPICANA RESORT, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
A statement during proceedings in the district court that a party seeks "enforcement of the arbitration clause of the Agreement" is sufficient to...

WEBER AIRCRAFT INC. v. GEN. WAREHOUSEMEN & HELPERS UNION LOCAL 767

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Even though a worker's sexual harassment of female co-workers itself violates public policy, a collective bargaining agreement requiring his...

ROADWAY PACKAGE SYS., INC. v. KAYSER

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The Federal Arbitration Act permits parties to contract for vacatur standards other than the ones provided in the FAA, but a boilerplate choice-of-law...

LOUIS DREYFUS NEGOCE S.A. v. BLYSTAD SHIPPING & TRADING INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
When parties use expansive language in drafting an arbitration clause, presumably they intend all issues that "touch matters" within the main...

IN RE: AM. HOMESTAR OF LANCASTER, INC. & NATIONWIDE HOUS. SYS., INC.

Consumer Protection Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
The Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act does not prohibit enforcing predispute binding arbitration agreements in warranty disputes involving a consumer-product...

MIRRA CO., INC. v. SCH. ADMIN. DIST. #35

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Where a contract addendum merely changed the language of the arbitration clause to require mediation rather than arbitration, either party is free to...

CUNNINGHAM v. FLEETWOOD HOMES OF GEORGIA, INC.

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
Manufacturer cannot utilize its third-party beneficiary status under a seller's arbitration agreement with buyer to compel binding arbitration of the...

ARMCO EMPLOYEES INDEP. FED'N v. AK STEEL CORP.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
When a dispute is substantively arbitrable, the arbitrator must decide both the scope of the arbitration agreement and the parties' compliance with...

HARDEN v. ROADWAY PACKAGE SYS, INC.

Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
The Federal Arbitration Act, 9 USC 1, does not apply to package delivery drivers, and failure to raise related state claims in district court will not...

EMPLOYERS INS. OF WAUSAU v. BRIGHT METAL SPECIALTIES, INC.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Government Contracts
Surety, who takes over for general contractor in a takeover agreement and retains option to assign its rights in contracts to others, assumes the...