AAA Yearbook on Arbitration and the Law - 26th Edition
Author(s):
ISBN:
978-1-937518-47-9
Page Count:
572 pages
Published:
October, 2014
Jurisdictions:
For decades, the AAA Yearbook on Arbitration & the Law has served as an outstanding source of guidance on legal developments in the field of Alternative Dispute Resolution. In light of that history, the subject matter covered by this 26th edition is remarkable in the extent that it reflects continued and significant breadth in terms of the ADR issues explored.
The continued expansion in the use of ADR for increasingly diverse types of disputes has raised important legal and policy questions, the magnitude of which is perhaps most clearly illustrated by the number of arbitration-related cases the Supreme Court of the United States takes up for review. Those matters are considered here, as are other contemporary ADR-related developments such as class action arbitrations and the enforceability of class action waivers. At the same time, the AAA Yearbook details cases that address what are historically some of the most frequently litigated and recurring issues. For example, courts are commonly presented with arbitrability disputes, the related issue of the allocation of authority among arbitrators and the courts, and questions regarding preemption of the Federal Arbitration Act over a state’s arbitration law. Despite decades of court decisions addressing those matters, courts continue to address still-evolving theories and differing fact patterns that can provide further direction and evolution in the law.
The thorough coverage in the AAA Yearbook of these matters, in addition to many others, will serve as a valuable source of information to practitioners, academics, arbitrators, and those with an interest in ADR.
PDF of Title Page and T.O.C.
Foreword
Eric R. Tuchmann
About the Editors
Introduction
Stephen K. Huber and Ben H. Sheppard, Jr.
Part I: Case Digests
1.01 Contract Formation
Guidotti v. Legal Helpers Debt Resolution, L.L.C., 716 F.3d 764 (3d Cir. 2013)
Hergenreder v. Bickford Senior Living Group, LLC, 656 F.3d 411 (6th Cir. 2011)
Canales v. Univ. of Phoenix, Inc., 854 F.Supp.2d 119 (D. Maine 2012)
In re Zappos.com, Inc., Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig, 893 F.Supp.2d 1058 (D. Nev. 2012)
Bancorpsouth Bank v. Shields, 385 S.W.3d 805 (Ark. 2011)
1.02 State Contract Law Defenses
Noohi v. Toll Bros. Inc., 708 F.3d 599 (4th Cir. 2013)
Applied Energetic, Inc. v. NewOak Capital Markets, LLC, 645 F.3d 522 (2nd Cir. 2011)
Wake County Board of Education v. Dow Roofing Systems, LLC, 792 F.Supp.2d 897 (E.D.N.C. 2011)
1.03 Public Policy Defenses: Unconscionability
Muriithi v. Shuttle Exp., Inc., 712 F.3d 173 (4th Cir. 2013)
Harrington v. Atlantic Sounding Co., 602 F.3d 113 (2d Cir. 2010)
Nino v. Jewelry Exchange, Inc., 609 F.3d 191 (3d Cir. 2010)
Zaborowski v. MHN Gov't Servs., Inc., 936 F. Supp. 2d 1145 (N.D. Cal. 2013)
Hendricks v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, 823 F. Supp. 2d 1015 (N.D. Cal. 2011)
Kelker v. Geneva-Roth Ventures, Inc., 303 Mont. 254 (Mont. 2013)
1.04 Defective (Unenforceable) Arbitration Agreements
In re Elec. Mach. Enter., 479 F.3d 791 (11th Cir. 2007)
Boatright v. Aegis Def. Servs., LLC, 938 F. Supp. 2d 602 (E.D. Va. 2013)
Hill v. Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 799 F.Supp.2d 658 (E.D. La. 2011)
Am. Gen. Home Equity, Inc. v. Kestel, 235 S.W.3d 543 (Ky. 2008)
1.05 Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate
In re Pharmacy Benefit Managers Antitrust Litig., 700 F.3d 109 (3d Cir. 2012)
Johnson Associates Corp. v. HL Operating Corp., 680 F.3d 713 (6th Cir. 2012)
Garcia v. Wachovia Corp., 699 F.3d 1273 (11th Cir. 2012)
Gray Holdco, Inc. v. Cassady, 654 F.3d 444 (3d Cir. 2011)
Erdman Co. v. Phoenix Land & Acquisition, LLC, 650 F.3d 1115 (8th Cir. 2011)
Hill v. Ricoh Am., 603 F.3d 766 (10th Cir. 2010)
Petroleum Pipe Am. Corp. v. Jindal Saw, Ltd., 575 F.3d 476 (5th Cir. 2009)
Mahmoud Shaban & Sons Co. v. Mediterranean Shipping Co., 2013 WL 5303761 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2013)
Bates v. Laminack, 969 F.Supp.2d 649 (S.D. Tex. 2013)
O'Neal v. Bama Exterminating Co., Inc., 2013 WL 3336989 (Ala. 2013)
Lemon Drop Properties, LLC v. Pass Marinne, LLC, 73 So. 3d 1131 (Miss. 2011)
2.01 Scope of the Arbitration Agreement
Cape Flattery Ltd. v. Titan Maritime, LLC, 647 F.3d 914 (9th Cir. 2011)
Idea Nuova, Inc. v. GM Licensing Grp., Inc., 617 F.3d 177 (2d Cir. 2010)
Horne v. Los Alamos Nat. Sec., L.L.C., 296 P.3d 478 (N.M. 2013)
China Auto Care, L.L.C. v. China Auto Care (Caymans), 859 F. Supp. 2d 582 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)
Harrell's LLC v. Agrium Advanced (U.S.) Technologies, 795 F.Supp.2d 1321 (M.D. Fla. 2011)
Landers v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. 739 S.E.2d 209 (S.C. 2013)
Westenfelder v. Novo Ventures (US), Inc., 797 F.Supp.2d 188 (D. Mass. 2011)
Olshan Found. Repair Co. of Mobile, LP v. Schultz, 64 So. 3d 598 (Ala. 2010)
2.02 Who Decides Arbitrability: Court or Arbitrator?
Granite Rock Co. v. Int'l Bhd of Teamsters, 130 S. Ct. 2847 (2010)
Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson, 130 S. Ct. 2772 (2010)
In re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation, 674 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2012)
Petrofac, Inc. v. DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Co., 687 F.3d 671 (5th Cir. 2012)
Solymar Investments, Ltd. v. Banco Santander S.A., 672 F.3d 981 (11th Cir. 2012)
Bechtel Do Brasil Construções Ltda. v. Ueg Araucária Tda., 638 F.3d 50 (2d Cir. 2011)
Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp., 638 F.3d 384 (2d Cir. 2011)
Dealer Computer Serv., Inc. v. Old Colony, 588 F.3d 884 (5th Cir. 2009)
Fallo v. High-Tech Inst., 559 F.3d 874 (8th Cir. 2009)
Balt. Cnty. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 4 v. Balt. Cnty., 57 A.3d 425 (Md. 2012), reconsideration denied (Jan. 18, 2013)
FusionStorm Inc. v. Presido Network Solutions, Inc., 871 F. Supp. 2d 1345 (M.D. Fla. 2012)
2.03 Severability/Separability of the Arbitration Agreement
Gore v. Alltel Commc'n, LLC, 666 F.3d 1027 (7th Cir. 2012)
Townsend v. Quadrant Corp., 268 P.3d 917 (Wash. 2012)
Gessa v. Manor Care of Fla., Inc., 86 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 2011)
84 Lumber Co. v. F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielson & Assocs., LLC, No. 12--1748, 2013 WL 3872217 (E.D. La. 2013)
Brubaker v. Barrett, 801 F.Supp.2d 743 (E.D. Tenn. 2011)
State of West Virginia, ex rel. Richmond American Homes of West Virginia v. Sanders, 228 W.Va. 125, 717 S.E.2d 909 (W. Va. 2011)
In re Morgan Stanley & Co., 293 S.W.3d 182 (Tex. 2009)
Johnson v. Jefferson Cnty. Racing Assn., 1 So. 3d 960 (Ala. 2008)
2.04 Non-Signatories: Arbitral Jurisdiction Over Parties Who Have Not Signed the Arbitration Agreement
In re Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litig. 707 F.3d 917 (8th Cir. 2013)
Rajagopalan v. NoteWorld, LLC, 718 F.3d 844 (9th Cir. 2013)
Krammer v. Toyota Motor Corp., 705 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2013)
Waterford Inv. Services, Inc. v. Bosco, 682 F.3d 348 (4th Cir. 2012)
Covington v. Aban Offshore Ltd. 650 F.3d 556 (5th Cir. 2011)
DK Joint Venture 1 v. Weyand, 649 F.3d 310 (5th Cir. 2011)
Simmons Foods, Inc. v. H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Co., 634 F.3d 466 (8th Cir. 2011)
Lawson v. Life of the South Ins. Co., 648 F.3d 116 (11th Cir. 2011)
Ragone v. Atl. Video Manhattan Ctr., 595 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. 2010)
Belzberg v. Verus Inv. Holdings, Inc., 21 N.Y.3d 626 (N.Y. 2013)
Rachal v. Reitz, 403 S.W.3d 840 (Tex. 2013)
Surface Igniter, LLC v. Radmacher, No. 1:13 CV 1599, 2013 WL 5279343 (N.D. Ohio 2013)
Mosaic Underwriting Service, Inc. v. Moncla Marine Operations, Inc., No. 12-2183, 2013 WL 1556141 (E.D. La. 2013)
In re Rubiola, 334 S.W.3d 220 (Tex. 2011)
2.05 Non-Signatories: Application of the 9 U.S.C. Section 3 Mandatory Stay to Non-Signatories
Arthur Andersen L.L.P. v. Carlisle, 129 S. Ct. 1896 (2009)
Gorsuch, Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Nat. Bank Ass'n, 830 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (D. Colo. 2011)
2.06 Class Arbitration: Developing Case Law, Including the Enforceability of Clauses Prohibiting Class Arbitration
Am. Express Co. v. Italian Colors Rest., 133 S. Ct. 2304 (2013)
Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, 133 S.Ct 2064 (2013)
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct 1740 (2011)
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Intl. Corp., 130 S.Ct. 1758 (2010)
Sutherland v. Ernst & Young LLP, 726 F.3d 290 (2d Cir. 2013)
Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. v. F.S.R.O. Ass'n, Ltd., 683 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2012)
Reed v. Florida Metro. Univ., Inc., 681 F.3d 630 (5th Cir. 2012)
Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp., 691 F.3d 1224 (11th Cir. 2012)
Cruz v. Cingular Wireless, LLC, 648 F.3d 1205 (11th Cir. 2011)
Fensterstock v. Educ. Fin. Partners, 611 F.3d 124 (2d Cir. 2010)
Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp., 615 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir. 2010)
McKenzie Check Advance of Fla., LLC v. Betts, 112 So.3d 1176 (Fla. 2013)
Schnuerle v. Insight Commc'ns Co., L.P., 376 S.W.3d 561 (Ky. 2012)
2.07 Appeal of Trial Court Orders Requiring or Denying Arbitration
Grosvenor v. Qwest Corp., 733 F.3d 990 (10th Cir. 2013)
Heinen v. Northrop Grumman Corp., 671 F.3d 669 (7th Cir. 2012)
Dialysis Access Center, LLC v. RMS Lifeline, Inc., 638 F.3d 367 (1st Cir. 2011)
Turi v. Main Street Adoption Services, LLP, 633 F.3d 296 (6th Cir. 2011)
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 622 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2010)
Univ. of Illinois v. Organon Teknika Corp., 614 F.3d 372 (7th Cir. 2010)
North Fork Collieries, LLC v. Hall, 322 S.W.3d 98 (Ky. 2010)
VNA, Inc. v. Figueroa, 403 S.W.3d 480 (Tex. App.--El Paso 2013, no pet. h.)
Nat’l Wastewater Sys., Inc. v. McKittrick Precast, Inc., No. 2:13–0527, 2013 WL 4648334 (W.D. La. 2013)
3.01 Commerce Clause Preemption of State Law by the FAA
Nitro-Lift Technologies, L.L.C. v. Howard, 133 S. Ct. 500 (2012)
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct 1740 (2011)
Preston v. Ferrer, 128 S. Ct. 978 (2008)
Coneff v. AT&T Corp., 673 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2012)
Bradley v. Brentwood Homes, Inc., 730 S.E.2d 312 (S.C. 2012)
Robinson v. Title Lenders, Inc., 364 S.W.3d 505 (Mo. 2012)
Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)
Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel v. Hunan, Inc., 757 N.W.2d 205 (N.M. 2008)
Satomi Owners Ass'n v. Satomi, L.L.C., 225 P.3d 213 (Wash. 2009) (en banc)
Moscatiello v. Hilliard, 939 A.2d 325 (Pa. 2007)
Davidson v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., 748 S.E.2d 300 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013)
Swissmex-Rapid S.A. DE C.V. v. SP Systems, LLC, 212 Cal. App. 4th 539 (Cal. App. 2012)
3.02 The Role of State Arbitration Law
Marmet Health Care Center Inc. v. Brown, 132 S.Ct. 1201 (2012)
Delaware Coal. for Open Gov't, Inc. v. Strine, 733 F.3d 510 (3d Cir. 2013)
Raymond James Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Phillips, 126 So.3d 186 (Fla. 2013)
Southern Pioneer Life Insurance Co. v. Thomas, 385 S.W.3d 770 (Ark. 2011)
Quinn v. NAFTA Traders, Inc., 360 S.W.3d 713 (Tex. App.--Dallas 2012, pet. denied)
3.03 Federal Court Jurisdiction and the FAA
CompuCredit Corporation v. Greenwood, 132 S.Ct. 665 (2012)
Vaden v. Discover Bank, 129 S. Ct. 1262 (2009)
CMH Homes, Inc. v. Goodner, 729 F.3d 832 (8th Cir. 2013)
Ipcon Collections L.L.C. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 698 F.3d 58 (2d Cir. 2012)
Countrywide Home Loans v. Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp., 642 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2011)
Community State Bank v Strong, 651 F.3d 1241 (11th Cir. 2011)
Northport Health Serv. v. Rutherford, 605 F.3d 483 (8th Cir. 2010)
Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka ex rel. Lhotka, 599 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2010)
I-Wen Chang Liu v. Mar, 2013 WL 1499179 (N.D. Ill. 2013)
3.04 Choice of Law and Choice of Forum
KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 132 S.Ct. 23 (2011)
Wootten v. Fisher Investments, Inc., 688 F.3d 487 (8th Cir. 2012)
Pokorny v. Quixtar, 601 F.3d 987 (9th Cir. 2010)
Northrop Grumman Ship Sys., Inc. v. Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Venezuela, 575 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2009)
BDO Seidman, LLP v. SSW Holding Co, Inc., 386 S.W.3d 361 (Ark. 2012)
In re Lopez, 372 S.W.3d 174 (Tex. 2012) 222
4.01 Disqualification of Arbitrators: Evident Partiality and Related Grounds
Kolel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov, Inc. v. YLL Irrevocable Trust, 729 F.3d 99 (2d Cir. 2013)
Thomas Kinkade Co. v. White, 711 F.3d 719 (6th Cir. 2013)
Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. Ltd. v. Saint Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 668 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2012)
Ventress v. Japan Airlines, 603 F.3d 676 (9th Cir. 2010)
Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp., 476 F.3d 278 (5th Cir. 2007)
New Regency Prods. v. Nippon Herald Films, Inc., 501 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2007)
Victorian v. Valero St. Charles Refinery Valero Refining-New Orleans, L.L.C., 2013 WL 4508005 (E.D. La. 2013)
DT-Trak Consulting, Inc. v. Prue, 814 N.W.2d 804 (S.D. 2012)
Viacom Int'l Inc. v. Winshall, 72 A.3d 78 (Del. 2013)
Mt. Holyoke Home, L.P. v. Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, L.L.P., 162 Cal. Rptr. 3d 597 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013)
Fleury v. Amedore Homes, Inc., 976 N.Y.S.2d 179 (2013)
4.02 Structural Bias: Non-neutral Neutrals
Haworth v. Superior Court, 235 P.3d 152 (Cal. 2010)
Gray v. Chiu, 212 Cal. App. 4th 1355, 151 Cal. Rptr. 3d 791 (2013)
4.03 Failure of Arbitral Selection Provisions
Khan v. Dell Inc., 669 F.3d 350 (3d Cir. 2012)
BP Exploration Libya Ltd. v. ExxonMobil Libya Ltd., 689 F.3d 481 (5th Cir. 2012)
Ins. Co. of North Am. v. Public Service Mut. Ins. Co., 609 F.3d 122 (2d Cir. 2010)
In re Serv. Corp. Int'l and SCI Texas Funeral Servs., Inc., 355 S.W.3d 655 (Tex. 2011)
Younessi v. Recovery Racing, LLC, 88 So. 3d 364 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)
QuickClick Loans, LLC v. Russell, 407 Ill.App.3d 46 (Ill. Ct. App. 2d 2011)
C.R. Klewin N.E., LLC v. City of Bridgeport, 919 A.2d 1002 (Conn. 2007)
Miller v. GGNSC Atlanta, LLC, 746 S.E.2d 680 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013)
4.04 Arbitrator Immunity
Sacks v. Dietrich, 663 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2011)
5.01 Interim Relief by the Court
Adam Techs. Int'l S.A. de C.V. v. Sutherland Global Servs. Inc., 729 F.3d 443 (5th Cir. 2013)
Weingarten Realty Investors v. Miller, 661 F.3d 904 (5th Cir. 2011)
Next Step Med. Co. v. Johnson & Johnson Int'l, 619 F.3d 67 (C.A.1 (Puerto Rico) 2010)
Toyo Tire Holdings of Am. v. Continental Tire North America, 609 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2010)
Spinks v. Automation Personnel Serv., Inc., 49 So.3d 186 (Ala. 2010)
Kuruwa v. Am. Arbitration Ass'n, 2013 WL 2433068 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)
5.02 Arbitral Subpoenas and Pre-hearing Discovery
Life Receivables Trust v. Syndicate 102 at Lloyd's of London, 549 F.3d 210 (2nd Cir. 2008)
Colo. Mills, LLC v. SunOpta Grains and Foods, Inc., 269 P.3d 731 (Col. 2012)
5.03 Arbitral Stays of Parallel Litigation and Judicial Stays of Arbitral Proceedings
PowerShare, Inc. v. Syntel, Inc., 597 F.3d 10 (1st Cir. 2010)
5.04 Judicial Stay of Litigation Pending Arbitration
Louis Berger Group Inc. v. State Bank of India, 802 F.Supp.2d 482 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
6.01 Preclusion: Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel
Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, 725 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2013)
Manganella v. Evanston Ins. Co., 700 F.3d 585 (1st Cir. 2012)
Cont'l Holdings, Inc. v. Crown Holdings Inc., 672 F.3d 567 (8th Cir. 2012)
FleetBoston Financial Corp. v. Alt, 638 F.3d 70 (1st Cir. 2011)
Grisby & Associates, Inc. v. M Securities Investment, 664 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2011)
Shell Oil Co. v. CO2 Committee, Inc., 589 F.3d 1105 (10th Cir. 2009)
Nat’l Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 976 N.E.2d 699 (Ind. 2012)
6.02 Remedial Authority of Arbitrators
Reliastar Life Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. EMC Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 564 F.3d 81 (2d Cir. 2009)
Kitchens v. Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc., 70 So.3d 377 (Ala.Civ.App. 2010)
6.03 Awards of Costs, Fees, and Interest
Newmont v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 615 F. 3d 1268 (10th Cir. 2010)
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC v. Tobin, 571 F.3d 162 (1st Cir. 2009)
AIG Baker Sterling Heights v. Am. Multi-Cinema, 508 F.3d 995 (11th Cir. 2007)
Bald, Fat, & Ugly, LLC v. Keane, 303 P.3d 166 (Idaho 2013)
Don Drennen Motor Co., Inc. v. McClung, 79 So.3d 593 (Ala. 2011)
Roberts v. Packard, Packard & Johnson, 159 Cal. Rptr. 3d 180 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013)
6.04 Representation of Corporations
NISHA L.L.C. v. TriBuilt Construction Group, L.L.C, 388 S.W.3d 444 (Ark. 2012)
7.01 Statutory Deadlines for Submission of Application to Vacate or Modify Award
Domnarski v. UBS Fin. Servs., Inc., 919 F. Supp. 2d 183 (D. Mass. 2013)
James Valley Grain v David, 802 N.W.2d 158 (N.D. 2011)
M3 Healthcare Solutions v. Family Practice Assoc., 996 A.2d 1279 (Del. 2010)
7.02 Contractual Expansion of Grounds of Judicial Review
303 Hall Street Assoc. v. Mattel, 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)
7.03 Challenges Based on Evidentiary and Procedural Issues
Doral Fin. Corp. v. García-Vélez, 725 F.3d 27 (1st Cir. 2013)
Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp., 619 F. 3d 458 (5th Cir. 2010)
U.S. Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Nat'l Ins. Co., 591 F.3d 1167 (9th Cir. 2010)
Century Indem. Co. v. Certain Underwriters of Lloyd's London, 584 F.3d 513 (3d Cir. 2009)
Bosack v. Soward, 586 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2009)
Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc. v. Overmyer, 81 So.3d 1250 (Ala. 2011)
Pirtek USA, LLC v. Whitehead, 51 So. 3d 291 (Ala. 2010)
7.04 Challenges That Arbitrators Exceeded Their Authority
Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interative, L.L.C., 713 F.3d 797 (5th Cir. 2013)
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc. v. Glawson Investments Corp., 660 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir. 2011)
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. v. Garrett, 816 F. Supp. 2d 439 (5th Cir. 2011)
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. WMR e-PIN, LLC, 653 F.3d. 702 (8th Cir. 2011)
MCI Constructors, LLC v. City of Greensboro, 610 F.3d 849 (4th Cir. 2010)
Raymond James Fin. Servs. v. Bishop, 596 F. 3d 183 (4th Cir. 2010)
Seagate Tech. v. Western Digital Corp., 34 N.W.2d 555 (Minn. App. 2013)
7.05 Manifest Disregard of the Law
Stolt-Nielson SA v. Animalfeeds int'l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010)
Bangor Gas Co., L.L.C. v. H.Q. Energy Servs. Inc., 695 F.3d 181 (1st Cir. 2012)
Medicine Shoppe Int'l v. Turner Investments, 614 F.3d 485 (8th Cir. 2010)
Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, 607 F.3d 634 (9th Cir. 2010)
Frazier v. CitiFinancial Corp. LLC, 604 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2010)
Citigroup Global Mkts. Inc. v. Bacon, 562 F.3d 349 (5th Cir. 2009)
Robinson v. Henne, 115 So.3d 797 (Miss. 2013)
Hereford v. D.R. Horton, Inc., 13 So.3d 375 (Ala. 2009)
7.06 Non-Statutory Grounds for Review: Public Policy
Country Preferred Ins. Co. v. Whitehead, 979 N.E.2d 35 (Ill. 2012)
Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff's Guild v. Kitsap County, 167 Wn. 2d 428 (Wash. 2009)
8.01 Applicability of the New York Convention
VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. v. Matlinpatterson Global Opportunities Partners II L.P., 717 F.3d 322 (2d Cir. 2013)
The Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Cubic Defense Systems, Inc., 665 F.3d 1091 (9th Cir. 2011)
Safety Nat'l Casulty Corp v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, 587 F.3d 714 (5th Cir. 2009)
Rogers v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 547 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2008)
8.02 Enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement
Schneider v. Kingdom of Thailand, 688 F.3d 68 (2d Cir. 2012)
Republic of Argentina v. BG Group PLC, 665 F.3d 1363 (D.C. Cir. 2012)
Lindo v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd., 652 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2011)
Answers in Genesis v. Creation Ministries Int'l, Ltd., 556 F.3d 459 (6th Cir. 2009)
Thomas v. Carnival Corp., 573 F.3d 1113 (11th Cir. 2009)
Pirito v. Penn Eng'g World Holdings, 947 F. Supp. 2d 489 (E.D. Pa. 2013)
Cont'l Transfert Technique Limited v. Federal Government of Nigeria, 800 F.Supp.2d 161, (D.D.C. 2011)
Constellation Energy Commodities Group Inc. v. Transfield ER Cape Ltd, 801 F. Supp. 2d 211 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
8.03 Removal Under 9 U.S.C. § 205
Infuturia Global Ltd. v. Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 631 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2011)
Kolel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov, Inc. v. YLL Irrevocable Trust, 863 F. Supp. 2d 351 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)
Simmons v. Sabine River Authority of Louisiana, 823 F.Supp.2d 420 (W.D. La. 2011)
QPro Inc. v. RTD Quality Servs., 761 F. Supp. 2d 492 (S.D. Tex. 2011)
Ruiz v. Carnival Corp., 754 F.Supp.2d 1328 (S.D. Fla. 2010)
8.04 Waiver of Removal Rights Relating to the New York Convention
Republic of Ecuador v. Connor, 708 F.3d 651 (5th Cir. 2013)
Ario v. Underwriting Members of Syndicate 53 at Lloyds for the 1998 Year of Account, 618 F.3d 277 (3d Cir. 2010)
ENSCO Int'l, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, 579 F.3d 442 (5th Cir. 2009)
8.05 Court Assisted Evidence Gatherings Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782
In re Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A. v. JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc., 685 F.3d 987 (11th Cir. 2012)
El Paso Corp. v. La Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectricia del Rio Lempa, 341 Fed. Appx. 31 (5th Cir. Aug. 6, 2009)
In Re Application of Mesa Power Grp., L.L.C., 878 F. Supp. 2d 1296 (S.D. Fla. 2012)
In re Chevron Corp., 753 F. Supp. 2d 536, 537 (D. Md. 2010)
In re Application of Chevron Corp., 762 F. Supp. 2d 242 (D. Mass. 2010)
8.06 Injunctions Against Arbitration
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. v. VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., 598 F.3d 30 (2d Cir. 2010)
Hospira, Inc. v. Therabel Pharma N.V., 2013 WL 3811488 (N.D. Ill. 2013)
8.07 Procedural Barriers Against Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
First Inv. Corp. of Marshall Islands v. Fuijan Mawei Shipbuilding, Ltd., 703 F.3d 742 (5th Cir. 2012)
GSS Group Ltd v. Nat'l Port Auth., 680 F.3d 805 (D.C. Cir. 2012)
Figueiredo Ferraz E Engenharia de Projeto Ltda. V. Republic of Peru, 665 F.3d 384 (2d Cir. 2011)
Frontera Resources Azerbaijan Corp. v. State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic, 582 F.3d 393 (2d Cir. 2009)
8.08 Enforcement of Foreign Awards Vacated at the Seat of Arbitration
Termorio S.A. E.S.P. v. Electranta S.P., 487 F.3d 928 (D.C. Cir. 2007)
Corporacion Mexicana de Mantenimiento Integral, S. de R.L. de C.V. v. Pemex-Exploracion y Produccion, 962 F.Supp.2d 642 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)
Part II: Decisions That Discuss AAA Arbitration Rules
A. Overview: The AAA Arbitration Rules in the Courts
B. Alphabetical Table of Cases
C. Index of Cases Arranged By Type of AAA Rules
D. Digests of Cases Discussing AAA Rules (Arranged Alphabetically)
Appendices on CD-ROM
Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes
Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures
Construction Arbitration Rules and Mediation Rules
ICDR Guidelines for Arbitrators Concerning Exchanges of Information
International Dispute Resolution Procedures
About the Editors
Stephen K. Huber is Professor Emeritus at the University of
Houston Law Center, and has served as a visiting professor at the
University of Texas, Rice University (Political Science), Pepperdine Law
School (Dispute Resolution Program), and the University of East Africa
(Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). He has degrees in law from the University of
Chicago and Yale University, and a B.A. from Earlham College.
Professor Huber's teaching and scholarly interest have centered on
business and commerce (Contracts), and the regulation thereof
(Administrative Law, Regulation of Financial Intermediaries). Over the
last decade, his writings have focused on private binding dispute
resolution proceedings (Arbitration). Teaching materials include:
Stephen K. Huber & Maureen A. Weston, ARBITRATION: CASES
AND MATERIALS (3d ed. LexisNexis 2011); Wendy Trachte-Huber &
Stephen K. Huber, and MEDIATION AND NEGOTIATION:
REACHING AGREEMENT IN LAW AND BUSINESS (2d ed.
LexisNexis 2007). Mr. Huber is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and
the editor of Alternative Resolutions, the quarterly journal of the Dispute
Resolution Section. He is the author of numerous publications relating to
arbitration.
Ben H. Sheppard, Jr. is a Distinguished Lecturer and Director of
the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center at the University of Houston
Law Center. From 1969 through 2005 he practiced at Vinson & Elkins
L.L.P. where he was a partner and co-chair of the firm's international
dispute resolution practice. His practice focused on litigation and
arbitration, both as counsel and as arbitrator. He has served in
international and domestic arbitrations as sole arbitrator, tribunal chair,
party-appointed arbitrator and on tripartite tribunals selected from
institutional rosters.
Professor Sheppard is a member of the American Law Institute and a
Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He was chair of the
AAA/ICDR task force that promulgated the 2006 amendment to the
ICDR International Arbitration Rules that established a pre-arbitral
emergency arbitrator procedure. He was the author of the report and
recommendation to the ABA House of Delegates in support of the 2004
Revision to the AAA/ABA Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial
Disputes. He chaired one of the two working groups that promulgated the
CPR Protocol on Disclosure of Documents and Presentation of
Witnesses in Commercial Arbitration. He is a past chair of the Disputes
Division of the ABA Section of International Law and for five years
served as editor-in-chief of The International Arbitration News. He is
co-editor, with Lawrence W. Newman, and a contributing author to
"Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration"
(Juris 2010).
Professor Sheppard graduated with high honors from the University
of Texas School of Law in 1968, and was law clerk to the Honorable
Homer Thornberry, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
from 1968 to 1969.
Author/Editor Detail:
About the Editors
Stephen K. Huber is Professor Emeritus at the University of
Houston Law Center, and has served as a visiting professor at the
University of Texas, Rice University (Political Science), Pepperdine Law
School (Dispute Resolution Program), and the University of East Africa
(Dar es Salaam, Tanzania). He has degrees in law from the University of
Chicago and Yale University, and a B.A. from Earlham College.
Professor Huber's teaching and scholarly interest have centered on
business and commerce (Contracts), and the regulation thereof
(Administrative Law, Regulation of Financial Intermediaries). Over the
last decade, his writings have focused on private binding dispute
resolution proceedings (Arbitration). Teaching materials include:
Stephen K. Huber & Maureen A. Weston, ARBITRATION: CASES
AND MATERIALS (3d ed. LexisNexis 2011); Wendy Trachte-Huber &
Stephen K. Huber, and MEDIATION AND NEGOTIATION:
REACHING AGREEMENT IN LAW AND BUSINESS (2d ed.
LexisNexis 2007). Mr. Huber is a member of the State Bar of Texas, and
the editor of Alternative Resolutions, the quarterly journal of the Dispute
Resolution Section. He is the author of numerous publications relating to
arbitration.
Ben H. Sheppard, Jr. is a Distinguished Lecturer and Director of
the A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center at the University of Houston
Law Center. From 1969 through 2005 he practiced at Vinson & Elkins
L.L.P. where he was a partner and co-chair of the firm's international
dispute resolution practice. His practice focused on litigation and
arbitration, both as counsel and as arbitrator. He has served in
international and domestic arbitrations as sole arbitrator, tribunal chair,
party-appointed arbitrator and on tripartite tribunals selected from
institutional rosters.
Professor Sheppard is a member of the American Law Institute and a
Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators. He was chair of the
AAA/ICDR task force that promulgated the 2006 amendment to the
ICDR International Arbitration Rules that established a pre-arbitral
emergency arbitrator procedure. He was the author of the report and
recommendation to the ABA House of Delegates in support of the 2004
Revision to the AAA/ABA Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial
Disputes. He chaired one of the two working groups that promulgated the
CPR Protocol on Disclosure of Documents and Presentation of
Witnesses in Commercial Arbitration. He is a past chair of the Disputes
Division of the ABA Section of International Law and for five years
served as editor-in-chief of The International Arbitration News. He is
co-editor, with Lawrence W. Newman, and a contributing author to
"Take the Witness: Cross-Examination in International Arbitration"
(Juris 2010).
Professor Sheppard graduated with high honors from the University
of Texas School of Law in 1968, and was law clerk to the Honorable
Homer Thornberry, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
from 1968 to 1969.
Table of Contents:
PDF of Title Page and T.O.C.
Foreword
Eric R. Tuchmann
About the Editors
Introduction
Stephen K. Huber and Ben H. Sheppard, Jr.
Part I: Case Digests
1.01 Contract Formation
Guidotti v. Legal Helpers Debt Resolution, L.L.C., 716 F.3d 764 (3d Cir. 2013)
Hergenreder v. Bickford Senior Living Group, LLC, 656 F.3d 411 (6th Cir. 2011)
Canales v. Univ. of Phoenix, Inc., 854 F.Supp.2d 119 (D. Maine 2012)
In re Zappos.com, Inc., Customer Data Sec. Breach Litig, 893 F.Supp.2d 1058 (D. Nev. 2012)
Bancorpsouth Bank v. Shields, 385 S.W.3d 805 (Ark. 2011)
1.02 State Contract Law Defenses
Noohi v. Toll Bros. Inc., 708 F.3d 599 (4th Cir. 2013)
Applied Energetic, Inc. v. NewOak Capital Markets, LLC, 645 F.3d 522 (2nd Cir. 2011)
Wake County Board of Education v. Dow Roofing Systems, LLC, 792 F.Supp.2d 897 (E.D.N.C. 2011)
1.03 Public Policy Defenses: Unconscionability
Muriithi v. Shuttle Exp., Inc., 712 F.3d 173 (4th Cir. 2013)
Harrington v. Atlantic Sounding Co., 602 F.3d 113 (2d Cir. 2010)
Nino v. Jewelry Exchange, Inc., 609 F.3d 191 (3d Cir. 2010)
Zaborowski v. MHN Gov't Servs., Inc., 936 F. Supp. 2d 1145 (N.D. Cal. 2013)
Hendricks v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, 823 F. Supp. 2d 1015 (N.D. Cal. 2011)
Kelker v. Geneva-Roth Ventures, Inc., 303 Mont. 254 (Mont. 2013)
1.04 Defective (Unenforceable) Arbitration Agreements
In re Elec. Mach. Enter., 479 F.3d 791 (11th Cir. 2007)
Boatright v. Aegis Def. Servs., LLC, 938 F. Supp. 2d 602 (E.D. Va. 2013)
Hill v. Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 799 F.Supp.2d 658 (E.D. La. 2011)
Am. Gen. Home Equity, Inc. v. Kestel, 235 S.W.3d 543 (Ky. 2008)
1.05 Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate
In re Pharmacy Benefit Managers Antitrust Litig., 700 F.3d 109 (3d Cir. 2012)
Johnson Associates Corp. v. HL Operating Corp., 680 F.3d 713 (6th Cir. 2012)
Garcia v. Wachovia Corp., 699 F.3d 1273 (11th Cir. 2012)
Gray Holdco, Inc. v. Cassady, 654 F.3d 444 (3d Cir. 2011)
Erdman Co. v. Phoenix Land & Acquisition, LLC, 650 F.3d 1115 (8th Cir. 2011)
Hill v. Ricoh Am., 603 F.3d 766 (10th Cir. 2010)
Petroleum Pipe Am. Corp. v. Jindal Saw, Ltd., 575 F.3d 476 (5th Cir. 2009)
Mahmoud Shaban & Sons Co. v. Mediterranean Shipping Co., 2013 WL 5303761 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 20, 2013)
Bates v. Laminack, 969 F.Supp.2d 649 (S.D. Tex. 2013)
O'Neal v. Bama Exterminating Co., Inc., 2013 WL 3336989 (Ala. 2013)
Lemon Drop Properties, LLC v. Pass Marinne, LLC, 73 So. 3d 1131 (Miss. 2011)
2.01 Scope of the Arbitration Agreement
Cape Flattery Ltd. v. Titan Maritime, LLC, 647 F.3d 914 (9th Cir. 2011)
Idea Nuova, Inc. v. GM Licensing Grp., Inc., 617 F.3d 177 (2d Cir. 2010)
Horne v. Los Alamos Nat. Sec., L.L.C., 296 P.3d 478 (N.M. 2013)
China Auto Care, L.L.C. v. China Auto Care (Caymans), 859 F. Supp. 2d 582 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)
Harrell's LLC v. Agrium Advanced (U.S.) Technologies, 795 F.Supp.2d 1321 (M.D. Fla. 2011)
Landers v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp. 739 S.E.2d 209 (S.C. 2013)
Westenfelder v. Novo Ventures (US), Inc., 797 F.Supp.2d 188 (D. Mass. 2011)
Olshan Found. Repair Co. of Mobile, LP v. Schultz, 64 So. 3d 598 (Ala. 2010)
2.02 Who Decides Arbitrability: Court or Arbitrator?
Granite Rock Co. v. Int'l Bhd of Teamsters, 130 S. Ct. 2847 (2010)
Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson, 130 S. Ct. 2772 (2010)
In re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation, 674 F.3d 1252 (11th Cir. 2012)
Petrofac, Inc. v. DynMcDermott Petroleum Operations Co., 687 F.3d 671 (5th Cir. 2012)
Solymar Investments, Ltd. v. Banco Santander S.A., 672 F.3d 981 (11th Cir. 2012)
Bechtel Do Brasil Construções Ltda. v. Ueg Araucária Tda., 638 F.3d 50 (2d Cir. 2011)
Republic of Ecuador v. Chevron Corp., 638 F.3d 384 (2d Cir. 2011)
Dealer Computer Serv., Inc. v. Old Colony, 588 F.3d 884 (5th Cir. 2009)
Fallo v. High-Tech Inst., 559 F.3d 874 (8th Cir. 2009)
Balt. Cnty. Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 4 v. Balt. Cnty., 57 A.3d 425 (Md. 2012), reconsideration denied (Jan. 18, 2013)
FusionStorm Inc. v. Presido Network Solutions, Inc., 871 F. Supp. 2d 1345 (M.D. Fla. 2012)
2.03 Severability/Separability of the Arbitration Agreement
Gore v. Alltel Commc'n, LLC, 666 F.3d 1027 (7th Cir. 2012)
Townsend v. Quadrant Corp., 268 P.3d 917 (Wash. 2012)
Gessa v. Manor Care of Fla., Inc., 86 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 2011)
84 Lumber Co. v. F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielson & Assocs., LLC, No. 12--1748, 2013 WL 3872217 (E.D. La. 2013)
Brubaker v. Barrett, 801 F.Supp.2d 743 (E.D. Tenn. 2011)
State of West Virginia, ex rel. Richmond American Homes of West Virginia v. Sanders, 228 W.Va. 125, 717 S.E.2d 909 (W. Va. 2011)
In re Morgan Stanley & Co., 293 S.W.3d 182 (Tex. 2009)
Johnson v. Jefferson Cnty. Racing Assn., 1 So. 3d 960 (Ala. 2008)
2.04 Non-Signatories: Arbitral Jurisdiction Over Parties Who Have Not Signed the Arbitration Agreement
In re Wholesale Grocery Products Antitrust Litig. 707 F.3d 917 (8th Cir. 2013)
Rajagopalan v. NoteWorld, LLC, 718 F.3d 844 (9th Cir. 2013)
Krammer v. Toyota Motor Corp., 705 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2013)
Waterford Inv. Services, Inc. v. Bosco, 682 F.3d 348 (4th Cir. 2012)
Covington v. Aban Offshore Ltd. 650 F.3d 556 (5th Cir. 2011)
DK Joint Venture 1 v. Weyand, 649 F.3d 310 (5th Cir. 2011)
Simmons Foods, Inc. v. H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Co., 634 F.3d 466 (8th Cir. 2011)
Lawson v. Life of the South Ins. Co., 648 F.3d 116 (11th Cir. 2011)
Ragone v. Atl. Video Manhattan Ctr., 595 F.3d 115 (2d Cir. 2010)
Belzberg v. Verus Inv. Holdings, Inc., 21 N.Y.3d 626 (N.Y. 2013)
Rachal v. Reitz, 403 S.W.3d 840 (Tex. 2013)
Surface Igniter, LLC v. Radmacher, No. 1:13 CV 1599, 2013 WL 5279343 (N.D. Ohio 2013)
Mosaic Underwriting Service, Inc. v. Moncla Marine Operations, Inc., No. 12-2183, 2013 WL 1556141 (E.D. La. 2013)
In re Rubiola, 334 S.W.3d 220 (Tex. 2011)
2.05 Non-Signatories: Application of the 9 U.S.C. Section 3 Mandatory Stay to Non-Signatories
Arthur Andersen L.L.P. v. Carlisle, 129 S. Ct. 1896 (2009)
Gorsuch, Ltd. v. Wells Fargo Nat. Bank Ass'n, 830 F. Supp. 2d 1202 (D. Colo. 2011)
2.06 Class Arbitration: Developing Case Law, Including the Enforceability of Clauses Prohibiting Class Arbitration
Am. Express Co. v. Italian Colors Rest., 133 S. Ct. 2304 (2013)
Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, 133 S.Ct 2064 (2013)
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct 1740 (2011)
Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Intl. Corp., 130 S.Ct. 1758 (2010)
Sutherland v. Ernst & Young LLP, 726 F.3d 290 (2d Cir. 2013)
Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. v. F.S.R.O. Ass'n, Ltd., 683 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2012)
Reed v. Florida Metro. Univ., Inc., 681 F.3d 630 (5th Cir. 2012)
Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp., 691 F.3d 1224 (11th Cir. 2012)
Cruz v. Cingular Wireless, LLC, 648 F.3d 1205 (11th Cir. 2011)
Fensterstock v. Educ. Fin. Partners, 611 F.3d 124 (2d Cir. 2010)
Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp., 615 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir. 2010)
McKenzie Check Advance of Fla., LLC v. Betts, 112 So.3d 1176 (Fla. 2013)
Schnuerle v. Insight Commc'ns Co., L.P., 376 S.W.3d 561 (Ky. 2012)
2.07 Appeal of Trial Court Orders Requiring or Denying Arbitration
Grosvenor v. Qwest Corp., 733 F.3d 990 (10th Cir. 2013)
Heinen v. Northrop Grumman Corp., 671 F.3d 669 (7th Cir. 2012)
Dialysis Access Center, LLC v. RMS Lifeline, Inc., 638 F.3d 367 (1st Cir. 2011)
Turi v. Main Street Adoption Services, LLP, 633 F.3d 296 (6th Cir. 2011)
Braintree Laboratories, Inc. v. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 622 F.3d 36 (1st Cir. 2010)
Univ. of Illinois v. Organon Teknika Corp., 614 F.3d 372 (7th Cir. 2010)
North Fork Collieries, LLC v. Hall, 322 S.W.3d 98 (Ky. 2010)
VNA, Inc. v. Figueroa, 403 S.W.3d 480 (Tex. App.--El Paso 2013, no pet. h.)
Nat’l Wastewater Sys., Inc. v. McKittrick Precast, Inc., No. 2:13–0527, 2013 WL 4648334 (W.D. La. 2013)
3.01 Commerce Clause Preemption of State Law by the FAA
Nitro-Lift Technologies, L.L.C. v. Howard, 133 S. Ct. 500 (2012)
AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct 1740 (2011)
Preston v. Ferrer, 128 S. Ct. 978 (2008)
Coneff v. AT&T Corp., 673 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2012)
Bradley v. Brentwood Homes, Inc., 730 S.E.2d 312 (S.C. 2012)
Robinson v. Title Lenders, Inc., 364 S.W.3d 505 (Mo. 2012)
Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)
Aramark Uniform & Career Apparel v. Hunan, Inc., 757 N.W.2d 205 (N.M. 2008)
Satomi Owners Ass'n v. Satomi, L.L.C., 225 P.3d 213 (Wash. 2009) (en banc)
Moscatiello v. Hilliard, 939 A.2d 325 (Pa. 2007)
Davidson v. A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc., 748 S.E.2d 300 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013)
Swissmex-Rapid S.A. DE C.V. v. SP Systems, LLC, 212 Cal. App. 4th 539 (Cal. App. 2012)
3.02 The Role of State Arbitration Law
Marmet Health Care Center Inc. v. Brown, 132 S.Ct. 1201 (2012)
Delaware Coal. for Open Gov't, Inc. v. Strine, 733 F.3d 510 (3d Cir. 2013)
Raymond James Fin. Servs., Inc. v. Phillips, 126 So.3d 186 (Fla. 2013)
Southern Pioneer Life Insurance Co. v. Thomas, 385 S.W.3d 770 (Ark. 2011)
Quinn v. NAFTA Traders, Inc., 360 S.W.3d 713 (Tex. App.--Dallas 2012, pet. denied)
3.03 Federal Court Jurisdiction and the FAA
CompuCredit Corporation v. Greenwood, 132 S.Ct. 665 (2012)
Vaden v. Discover Bank, 129 S. Ct. 1262 (2009)
CMH Homes, Inc. v. Goodner, 729 F.3d 832 (8th Cir. 2013)
Ipcon Collections L.L.C. v. Costco Wholesale Corp., 698 F.3d 58 (2d Cir. 2012)
Countrywide Home Loans v. Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corp., 642 F.3d 849 (9th Cir. 2011)
Community State Bank v Strong, 651 F.3d 1241 (11th Cir. 2011)
Northport Health Serv. v. Rutherford, 605 F.3d 483 (8th Cir. 2010)
Geographic Expeditions, Inc. v. Estate of Lhotka ex rel. Lhotka, 599 F.3d 1102 (9th Cir. 2010)
I-Wen Chang Liu v. Mar, 2013 WL 1499179 (N.D. Ill. 2013)
3.04 Choice of Law and Choice of Forum
KPMG LLP v. Cocchi, 132 S.Ct. 23 (2011)
Wootten v. Fisher Investments, Inc., 688 F.3d 487 (8th Cir. 2012)
Pokorny v. Quixtar, 601 F.3d 987 (9th Cir. 2010)
Northrop Grumman Ship Sys., Inc. v. Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Venezuela, 575 F.3d 491 (5th Cir. 2009)
BDO Seidman, LLP v. SSW Holding Co, Inc., 386 S.W.3d 361 (Ark. 2012)
In re Lopez, 372 S.W.3d 174 (Tex. 2012) 222
4.01 Disqualification of Arbitrators: Evident Partiality and Related Grounds
Kolel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov, Inc. v. YLL Irrevocable Trust, 729 F.3d 99 (2d Cir. 2013)
Thomas Kinkade Co. v. White, 711 F.3d 719 (6th Cir. 2013)
Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. Ltd. v. Saint Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 668 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2012)
Ventress v. Japan Airlines, 603 F.3d 676 (9th Cir. 2010)
Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp., 476 F.3d 278 (5th Cir. 2007)
New Regency Prods. v. Nippon Herald Films, Inc., 501 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2007)
Victorian v. Valero St. Charles Refinery Valero Refining-New Orleans, L.L.C., 2013 WL 4508005 (E.D. La. 2013)
DT-Trak Consulting, Inc. v. Prue, 814 N.W.2d 804 (S.D. 2012)
Viacom Int'l Inc. v. Winshall, 72 A.3d 78 (Del. 2013)
Mt. Holyoke Home, L.P. v. Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell, L.L.P., 162 Cal. Rptr. 3d 597 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013)
Fleury v. Amedore Homes, Inc., 976 N.Y.S.2d 179 (2013)
4.02 Structural Bias: Non-neutral Neutrals
Haworth v. Superior Court, 235 P.3d 152 (Cal. 2010)
Gray v. Chiu, 212 Cal. App. 4th 1355, 151 Cal. Rptr. 3d 791 (2013)
4.03 Failure of Arbitral Selection Provisions
Khan v. Dell Inc., 669 F.3d 350 (3d Cir. 2012)
BP Exploration Libya Ltd. v. ExxonMobil Libya Ltd., 689 F.3d 481 (5th Cir. 2012)
Ins. Co. of North Am. v. Public Service Mut. Ins. Co., 609 F.3d 122 (2d Cir. 2010)
In re Serv. Corp. Int'l and SCI Texas Funeral Servs., Inc., 355 S.W.3d 655 (Tex. 2011)
Younessi v. Recovery Racing, LLC, 88 So. 3d 364 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)
QuickClick Loans, LLC v. Russell, 407 Ill.App.3d 46 (Ill. Ct. App. 2d 2011)
C.R. Klewin N.E., LLC v. City of Bridgeport, 919 A.2d 1002 (Conn. 2007)
Miller v. GGNSC Atlanta, LLC, 746 S.E.2d 680 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013)
4.04 Arbitrator Immunity
Sacks v. Dietrich, 663 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2011)
5.01 Interim Relief by the Court
Adam Techs. Int'l S.A. de C.V. v. Sutherland Global Servs. Inc., 729 F.3d 443 (5th Cir. 2013)
Weingarten Realty Investors v. Miller, 661 F.3d 904 (5th Cir. 2011)
Next Step Med. Co. v. Johnson & Johnson Int'l, 619 F.3d 67 (C.A.1 (Puerto Rico) 2010)
Toyo Tire Holdings of Am. v. Continental Tire North America, 609 F.3d 975 (9th Cir. 2010)
Spinks v. Automation Personnel Serv., Inc., 49 So.3d 186 (Ala. 2010)
Kuruwa v. Am. Arbitration Ass'n, 2013 WL 2433068 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)
5.02 Arbitral Subpoenas and Pre-hearing Discovery
Life Receivables Trust v. Syndicate 102 at Lloyd's of London, 549 F.3d 210 (2nd Cir. 2008)
Colo. Mills, LLC v. SunOpta Grains and Foods, Inc., 269 P.3d 731 (Col. 2012)
5.03 Arbitral Stays of Parallel Litigation and Judicial Stays of Arbitral Proceedings
PowerShare, Inc. v. Syntel, Inc., 597 F.3d 10 (1st Cir. 2010)
5.04 Judicial Stay of Litigation Pending Arbitration
Louis Berger Group Inc. v. State Bank of India, 802 F.Supp.2d 482 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
6.01 Preclusion: Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel
Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, 725 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2013)
Manganella v. Evanston Ins. Co., 700 F.3d 585 (1st Cir. 2012)
Cont'l Holdings, Inc. v. Crown Holdings Inc., 672 F.3d 567 (8th Cir. 2012)
FleetBoston Financial Corp. v. Alt, 638 F.3d 70 (1st Cir. 2011)
Grisby & Associates, Inc. v. M Securities Investment, 664 F.3d 1350 (11th Cir. 2011)
Shell Oil Co. v. CO2 Committee, Inc., 589 F.3d 1105 (10th Cir. 2009)
Nat’l Wine & Spirits, Inc. v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 976 N.E.2d 699 (Ind. 2012)
6.02 Remedial Authority of Arbitrators
Reliastar Life Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. EMC Nat'l Life Ins. Co., 564 F.3d 81 (2d Cir. 2009)
Kitchens v. Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc., 70 So.3d 377 (Ala.Civ.App. 2010)
6.03 Awards of Costs, Fees, and Interest
Newmont v. Ins. Co. of North Am., 615 F. 3d 1268 (10th Cir. 2010)
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC v. Tobin, 571 F.3d 162 (1st Cir. 2009)
AIG Baker Sterling Heights v. Am. Multi-Cinema, 508 F.3d 995 (11th Cir. 2007)
Bald, Fat, & Ugly, LLC v. Keane, 303 P.3d 166 (Idaho 2013)
Don Drennen Motor Co., Inc. v. McClung, 79 So.3d 593 (Ala. 2011)
Roberts v. Packard, Packard & Johnson, 159 Cal. Rptr. 3d 180 (Cal. Ct. App. 2013)
6.04 Representation of Corporations
NISHA L.L.C. v. TriBuilt Construction Group, L.L.C, 388 S.W.3d 444 (Ark. 2012)
7.01 Statutory Deadlines for Submission of Application to Vacate or Modify Award
Domnarski v. UBS Fin. Servs., Inc., 919 F. Supp. 2d 183 (D. Mass. 2013)
James Valley Grain v David, 802 N.W.2d 158 (N.D. 2011)
M3 Healthcare Solutions v. Family Practice Assoc., 996 A.2d 1279 (Del. 2010)
7.02 Contractual Expansion of Grounds of Judicial Review
303 Hall Street Assoc. v. Mattel, 552 U.S. 576 (2008)
Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)
7.03 Challenges Based on Evidentiary and Procedural Issues
Doral Fin. Corp. v. García-Vélez, 725 F.3d 27 (1st Cir. 2013)
Positive Software Solutions v. New Century Mortgage Corp., 619 F. 3d 458 (5th Cir. 2010)
U.S. Life Ins. Co. v. Superior Nat'l Ins. Co., 591 F.3d 1167 (9th Cir. 2010)
Century Indem. Co. v. Certain Underwriters of Lloyd's London, 584 F.3d 513 (3d Cir. 2009)
Bosack v. Soward, 586 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2009)
Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc. v. Overmyer, 81 So.3d 1250 (Ala. 2011)
Pirtek USA, LLC v. Whitehead, 51 So. 3d 291 (Ala. 2010)
7.04 Challenges That Arbitrators Exceeded Their Authority
Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interative, L.L.C., 713 F.3d 797 (5th Cir. 2013)
White Springs Agricultural Chemicals, Inc. v. Glawson Investments Corp., 660 F.3d 1277 (11th Cir. 2011)
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. v. Garrett, 816 F. Supp. 2d 439 (5th Cir. 2011)
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. v. WMR e-PIN, LLC, 653 F.3d. 702 (8th Cir. 2011)
MCI Constructors, LLC v. City of Greensboro, 610 F.3d 849 (4th Cir. 2010)
Raymond James Fin. Servs. v. Bishop, 596 F. 3d 183 (4th Cir. 2010)
Seagate Tech. v. Western Digital Corp., 34 N.W.2d 555 (Minn. App. 2013)
7.05 Manifest Disregard of the Law
Stolt-Nielson SA v. Animalfeeds int'l Corp., 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010)
Bangor Gas Co., L.L.C. v. H.Q. Energy Servs. Inc., 695 F.3d 181 (1st Cir. 2012)
Medicine Shoppe Int'l v. Turner Investments, 614 F.3d 485 (8th Cir. 2010)
Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, 607 F.3d 634 (9th Cir. 2010)
Frazier v. CitiFinancial Corp. LLC, 604 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2010)
Citigroup Global Mkts. Inc. v. Bacon, 562 F.3d 349 (5th Cir. 2009)
Robinson v. Henne, 115 So.3d 797 (Miss. 2013)
Hereford v. D.R. Horton, Inc., 13 So.3d 375 (Ala. 2009)
7.06 Non-Statutory Grounds for Review: Public Policy
Country Preferred Ins. Co. v. Whitehead, 979 N.E.2d 35 (Ill. 2012)
Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff's Guild v. Kitsap County, 167 Wn. 2d 428 (Wash. 2009)
8.01 Applicability of the New York Convention
VRG Linhas Aereas S.A. v. Matlinpatterson Global Opportunities Partners II L.P., 717 F.3d 322 (2d Cir. 2013)
The Ministry of Defense and Support for the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran v. Cubic Defense Systems, Inc., 665 F.3d 1091 (9th Cir. 2011)
Safety Nat'l Casulty Corp v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London, 587 F.3d 714 (5th Cir. 2009)
Rogers v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, 547 F.3d 1148 (9th Cir. 2008)
8.02 Enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement
Schneider v. Kingdom of Thailand, 688 F.3d 68 (2d Cir. 2012)
Republic of Argentina v. BG Group PLC, 665 F.3d 1363 (D.C. Cir. 2012)
Lindo v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd., 652 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2011)
Answers in Genesis v. Creation Ministries Int'l, Ltd., 556 F.3d 459 (6th Cir. 2009)
Thomas v. Carnival Corp., 573 F.3d 1113 (11th Cir. 2009)
Pirito v. Penn Eng'g World Holdings, 947 F. Supp. 2d 489 (E.D. Pa. 2013)
Cont'l Transfert Technique Limited v. Federal Government of Nigeria, 800 F.Supp.2d 161, (D.D.C. 2011)
Constellation Energy Commodities Group Inc. v. Transfield ER Cape Ltd, 801 F. Supp. 2d 211 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)
8.03 Removal Under 9 U.S.C. § 205
Infuturia Global Ltd. v. Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 631 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2011)
Kolel Beth Yechiel Mechil of Tartikov, Inc. v. YLL Irrevocable Trust, 863 F. Supp. 2d 351 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)
Simmons v. Sabine River Authority of Louisiana, 823 F.Supp.2d 420 (W.D. La. 2011)
QPro Inc. v. RTD Quality Servs., 761 F. Supp. 2d 492 (S.D. Tex. 2011)
Ruiz v. Carnival Corp., 754 F.Supp.2d 1328 (S.D. Fla. 2010)
8.04 Waiver of Removal Rights Relating to the New York Convention
Republic of Ecuador v. Connor, 708 F.3d 651 (5th Cir. 2013)
Ario v. Underwriting Members of Syndicate 53 at Lloyds for the 1998 Year of Account, 618 F.3d 277 (3d Cir. 2010)
ENSCO Int'l, Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, 579 F.3d 442 (5th Cir. 2009)
8.05 Court Assisted Evidence Gatherings Under 28 U.S.C. § 1782
In re Consorcio Ecuatoriano de Telecomunicaciones S.A. v. JAS Forwarding (USA), Inc., 685 F.3d 987 (11th Cir. 2012)
El Paso Corp. v. La Comision Ejecutiva Hidroelectricia del Rio Lempa, 341 Fed. Appx. 31 (5th Cir. Aug. 6, 2009)
In Re Application of Mesa Power Grp., L.L.C., 878 F. Supp. 2d 1296 (S.D. Fla. 2012)
In re Chevron Corp., 753 F. Supp. 2d 536, 537 (D. Md. 2010)
In re Application of Chevron Corp., 762 F. Supp. 2d 242 (D. Mass. 2010)
8.06 Injunctions Against Arbitration
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. v. VCG Special Opportunities Master Fund Ltd., 598 F.3d 30 (2d Cir. 2010)
Hospira, Inc. v. Therabel Pharma N.V., 2013 WL 3811488 (N.D. Ill. 2013)
8.07 Procedural Barriers Against Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards
First Inv. Corp. of Marshall Islands v. Fuijan Mawei Shipbuilding, Ltd., 703 F.3d 742 (5th Cir. 2012)
GSS Group Ltd v. Nat'l Port Auth., 680 F.3d 805 (D.C. Cir. 2012)
Figueiredo Ferraz E Engenharia de Projeto Ltda. V. Republic of Peru, 665 F.3d 384 (2d Cir. 2011)
Frontera Resources Azerbaijan Corp. v. State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic, 582 F.3d 393 (2d Cir. 2009)
8.08 Enforcement of Foreign Awards Vacated at the Seat of Arbitration
Termorio S.A. E.S.P. v. Electranta S.P., 487 F.3d 928 (D.C. Cir. 2007)
Corporacion Mexicana de Mantenimiento Integral, S. de R.L. de C.V. v. Pemex-Exploracion y Produccion, 962 F.Supp.2d 642 (S.D.N.Y. 2013)
Part II: Decisions That Discuss AAA Arbitration Rules
A. Overview: The AAA Arbitration Rules in the Courts
B. Alphabetical Table of Cases
C. Index of Cases Arranged By Type of AAA Rules
D. Digests of Cases Discussing AAA Rules (Arranged Alphabetically)
Appendices on CD-ROM
Code of Ethics for Arbitrators in Commercial Disputes
Commercial Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures
Construction Arbitration Rules and Mediation Rules
ICDR Guidelines for Arbitrators Concerning Exchanges of Information
International Dispute Resolution Procedures