PDF of Title Page and T.O.C.

Foreword 
India Johnson

 

Introduction 
Stephen K. Huber and Ben H. Sheppard, Jr.

 

About the Editors

 

1.01 Contract Formation

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)

Hodges v. Reasonover, 103 So.3d 1069 (La. 2012)

Nazareth Hall Nursing Ctr. v. Melendez, 372 S.W.3d 301 (Tex. App.--El Paso 2012, no pet.)

Burch v. Premier Homes, LLC, 199 Cal. Rptr. 3d 4th 730 (Cal. App. 2 Dist. 2011)

1.02 State Contract Law Defenses

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

Harrington v. Atlantic Sounding Co., 602 F.3d 113 (2d Cir. 2010)

Nino v. Jewelry Exchange, Inc., 609 F.3d 191 (3d Cir. 2010)

Hafer v. Vanderbilt Mortg. and Finance, Inc., 793 F.Supp.2d 987 (S.D. Tex. 2011)

Palmer v. Infosys Technologies Limited Incorporated, 832 F. Supp. 2d 1341 (M.D. Ala. 2011)

Hendricks v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, 823 F. Supp. 2d 1015 (N.D. Cal. 2011)

Fl-Carrollwood Care, LLC v. Gordon, 72 So.3d 162 (Fla. 2d DCA 2011)

1.04 Defective (Unenforceable) Arbitration Agreements

In re Elec. Mach. Enter., 479 F.3d 791 (11th Cir. 2007)

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

Johnson Associates Corp. v. HL Operating Corp., 680 F.3d 713 (6th 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)

Kawasaki Heavy Indus., Ltd. v. Bombardier Recreational Prod., Inc., 660 F.3d 988 (7th Cir. 2011)

Hill v. Ricoh Am., 603 F.3d 766 (10th Cir. 2010)

Citibank, N.A. v. Stok & Associates, P.A., 387 Fed. Appx. 921(11th Cir. 2010), cert. dismissed 131 S.Ct. 2955

Petroleum Pipe Am. Corp. v. Jindal Saw, Ltd., 575 F.3d 476 (5th Cir. 2009)

McNamara v. Yellow Transp., Inc., 570 F.3d 950 (8th Cir. 2009)

Anwar v. Fairfield Greenwich Ltd., 863 F. Supp. 2d 346 (S.D.N.Y. 2012)

Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Excel Imaging P.C., 879 F. Supp. 2d 243 (E.D.N.Y. 2012)

Riverside Publ’g Co. v. Mercer Publ’g LLC, 829 F. Supp. 2d 1017 (W.D. Wash. 2011)

Brooks v. Prestige Financial Services, Inc., 827 F. Supp. 2d 509, (D. Md. 2011)

Lemon Drop Properties, LLC v. Pass Marinne, LLC, 73 So. 3d 1131 (Miss. 2011)

Lewis v. Fletcher Jones Motor Cars, Inc., 140 Cal. Rptr. 3d 206 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012)

Roberts v. El Cajon Motors, Inc., 200 Cal. App. 4th 832 (Cal. App. 4 Dist. 2011)

Burton v. Cruise, 118 Cal. Rptr. 3d 613 (Cal. App. 4th 2010)

Price v. Fax Recovery Sys., Inc., 49 So. 3d 835 (FL Ct. App. 2010)

 

2.01 Scope of the Arbitration Agreement

Heinen v. Northrop Grumman Corp., 671 F.3d 669 (7th Cir. 2012)

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)

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)

Westenfelder v. Novo Ventures (US), Inc., 797 F.Supp.2d 188 (D. Mass. 2011)

State ex rel. Johnson Controls, Inc. v. Tucker, 729 S.E.2d 808 (W. Va. 2012)

Olshan Found. Repair Co. of Mobile, LP v. Schultz, 64 So. 3d 598 (Ala. 2010)

2.02 Who Decides Arbitrability: Court of 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. 2722 (2010)

Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. v. F.S.R.O. Ass’n, Ltd., 683 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2012)

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 (2nd 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)

FusionStorm Inc. v. Presido Network Solutions, Inc., 871 F. Supp. 2d 1345 (M.D. Fla. 2012)

Sys. Research & Applications Corp. v. Rohde & Schwarz Fed. Sys., Inc., 840 F. Supp. 2d 935 (E.D. Va. 2012)

Schlumberger Tech. Corp. v. Baker Hughes, Inc., 355 S.W.3d 791 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2011)

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)

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

Waterford Inv. Services, Inc. v. Bosco, 682 F.3d 348 (4th Cir. 2012)

Covington v. Aban Offshore Ltd. 650 F.3d 556 (C.A.5 Tex. 2011)

DK Joint Venture 1 v. Weyand, 649 F.3d 310 (C.A.5 Tex. 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)

Meena Enters., Inc. v. Mail Boxes Etc., 2012 WL 4863695 (D. Md. Oct. 11, 2012)

THI of New Mexico at Hobbs Ctr., LLC v. Spradlin, 893 F.Supp.2d 1172 (D.N.M. 2012)

Haskins v. First Am. Title Ins. Co., 866 F. Supp. 2d 343 (D.N.J. 2012)

Mims v. Global Credit and Collection Corporation, 803 F.Supp.2d 1349 (S.D. Fla. 2011)

Bilyeu v. Johanson Berenson LLP, 809 F. Supp. 2d 547 (W.D. La. 2011)

Life Technologies Corp. v. AB Sciex Pte. Ltd., 803 F. Supp. 2d 270 (S.D.N.Y. 2011)

Moro Aircraft Leasing, Inc. v. Keith, 789 F. Supp. 2d 841 (N.D. Ohio 2011)

In re Rubiola, 334 S.W.3d 220 (Tex. 2011)

QPro Inc. v. RTD Quality Servs., 761 F. Supp. 2d 492 (S.D. Tex. 2011)

Volkswagen Grp. of Am., Inc. v. Williams, 64 So. 3d 1062 (Ala. Civ. App. 2010)

Schmitz v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 939 N.E.2d 40 (Ill. App. Ct. 5th 2010)

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

AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S.Ct 1740 (2011)

Stolt-Nielsen S.A. v. AnimalFeeds Intl. Corp., 130 S.Ct. 1758 (2010)

In re American Exp. Merchants’ Litig., 667 F.3d 204 (2d Cir. 2012), cert. granted sub nom., American Exp. Co. v. Italian Colors Rest., 133 S. Ct. 594 (2012)

Sutter v. Oxford Health Plans LLC, 675 F.3d 215 (3d Cir. 2012), cert. granted sub nom., Oxford Health Plans LLC v. Sutter, 133 S. Ct. 786 (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)

Litman v. Cellco Partnership, 381 Fed. Appx. 140 (3d Cir. 2011)

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)

Fromer v. Comcast Corp., 886 F.Supp.2d 106 (D. Conn. 2012)

In re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation, 813 F.Supp.2d 1365 (S.D. Fla. 2011)

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

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)

 

3.01 Commerce Clause Preemption of State Law by the FAA

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)

Universal Ins. Co., Inc. v. Warrentech Consumer Prod. Servs., Inc., 849 F.Supp.2d 227, (D.P.R. 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)

Flexon v. PHC-Jasper, Inc., 731 S.E.2d 1 (S.C. App. 2012)

The Shakespeare Foundation, Inc. v. Jackson, 61 So.3d 1194 (Fla. App. 1 Dist., 2011)

3.02 The Role of State Arbitration Law

Marmet Health Care Center Inc. v. Brown, 132 S.Ct. 1201 (2012)

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)

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)

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)

 

4.01 Disqualifying Arbitrators: Evident Partiality and Related Grounds

Scandinavian Reinsurance Co. Ltd. v. Saint Paul Fire and Marine Ins. Co., 668 F.3d 60 (2d Cir. 2012)

Dealer Computer Servs., Inc. v. Michael Motor Co., Inc., 485 Fed. Appx. 724 (5th 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., 502 F.3d 1101 (9th Cir. 2007)

Stone v. Bear Stearns & Co., Inc., 872 F. Supp. 2d 435 (E.D. Pa. 2012)

DT-Trak Consulting, Inc. v. Prue, 814 N.W.2d 804 (S.D. 2012)

Rebmann v. Rohde, 127 Cal. Rptr. 3d 510 (4th Dist. 2011)

Ponderosa Pine Energy, LLC v. Tenaska Energy, Inc., 376 S.W.3d 358 (Tex. App.--Dallas 2012, no pet.)

Skidmore Energy, Inc. v. Maxus (U.S.) Exploration Company, 345 S.W.3d 672 (Tex.App—Dallas 2011)

Amoco D.T. Co., v. Occidental Petroleum Corp., 343 S.W.3d 837 (Tex.App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2011)

4.02 Structural Bias: Non-neutral Neutrals

Haworth v. Superior Court, 235 P.3d 152 (Cal. 2010)

4.03 Failure of Arbitral Selection Provisions

Khan v. Dell Inc., 669 F.3d 350 (3rd 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)

4.04 Arbitrator Immunity

Sacks v. Dietrich, 663 F.3d 1065 (9th Cir. 2011)

 

5.01 Interim Relief by the Court

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)

5.02 Arbitral Subpoenas and Pre-hearing Discovery

Colo. Mills, LLC v. SunOpta Grains and Foods, Inc., 269 P.3d 731 (Col. 2012)

Life Receivables Trust v. Syndicate 102 at Lloyd’s of London, 549 F.3d 210 (2nd Cir. 2008)

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

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).

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)

Laborers’ Intern. Union of North America v. Brand Energy Services LLC, 746 F.Supp.2d 121 (D.D.C. 2010)

Don Drennen Motor Co., Inc. v. McClung, 79 So.3d 593 (Ala. 2011)

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

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

Hall Street Assoc. v. Mattel, 552 U.S. 576 (2008)

Brookfield Country Club, Inc. v. St. James-Brookfield, LLC, 287 Ga. 408 (Ga. 2010)

Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)

Good Times Stores, Inc. v. Macias, 355 S.W.3d 240 (Tex.App.--El Paso 2011)

7.03 Challenges Based on Evidentiary and Procedural Issues

Taylor v. Univ. of Phoenix/Apollo Group, 487 Fed. Appx. 942 (C.A.5 (Tex.) 2012)

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)

Thomas Diaz, Inc. v. Colombina, S.A., 831 F. Supp. 2d 528 (D. Puerto Rico 2011)

Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc. v. Overmyer, 81 So.3d 1250 (Ala. 2011)

Pirtek USA, LLC v. Whitehead, 51 So. 3d 291 (Ala. 2010)

Talel Corp. v. Shimonovitch, 84 So. 3d 1192 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2012)

Beals v. New York City Transit, 94 A.D.3d 543, 942 N.Y.S.2d 86 (N.Y. App. Div. 2012)

Susan D. Settenbrino, P.C. v. Barroga-Hayes, 89 A.D.3d 1094 (N.Y. App. Div. 2011)

Hoso Foods, Inc. v. Columbus Club, Inc., 118 Cal. Rptr. 3d 594 (Cal. App. 2d 2010)

7.04 Challenges That Arbitrators Exceeded Their Authority

Rain CII Carbon, LLC v. ConocoPhillips Co., 674 F.3d 469 (5th Cir. 2012)

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)

T.Co. Metals, LLC v. Dempsey Pipe & Supply, Inc., 592 F.3d 329 (2d Cir. 2010)

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), cert. denied, __ U.S. __, 130 S. Ct. 145, 175 L. Ed 2d 36 (2009)

Spungin v. GenSpring Family Offices, LLC, 883 F. Supp. 2d 1193 (S.D. Fla. 2012)

Hotels Nevada v. L.A. Paific Ctr., Inc., 203 Cal. App. 4th 336, 340, 136 Cal. Rptr. 3d 832, 836 (Cal. Ct. App. 2012)

Kelly Sutherlin McLeod Architecture, Inc. v. Schneickert, 125 Cal. Rptr. 3d 83 (Cal. App. 2 Dist. 2011)

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)

Affymax, Inc. v. Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 660 F.3d 281 (7th Cir. 2011)

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)

Stolt-Nielson SA v. Animalfeeds int’l Corp., 548 F.3d 85 (2d Cir. 2008), rev’d on other grounds, 130 S. Ct. 1758 (2010)

Citigroup Global Mkts. Inc. v. Bacon, 562 F.3d 349 (5th Cir. 2009)

Comedy Club, Inc. v. Improv. West Assoc., 553 F.3d 1277 (9th Cir. 2009), cert. denied 130 S. Ct. 36 (2009)

Hereford v. D.R. Horton, Inc., 13 So.3d 375 (Ala. 2009)

Abco Builders, Inc. v. Progressive Plumbing, Inc., 647 S.E.2d 574 (Ga. 2007)

7.06 Non-Statutory Grounds for Review: Public Policy

Kitsap County Deputy Sheriff’s Guild v. Kitsap County, 167 Wn. 2d 428 (Wash. 2009)

 

8.01 Applicability of the New York Convention

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 Casualty 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).

Cont'l Transfert Technique Ltd. v. Fed. Gov't of Nigeria, 850 F. Supp. 2d 277, (D.D.C. 2012)

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)

Kobel 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)

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

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)

8.07 Procedural Barriers against Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards

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)

 

B. Alphabetical Table of Cases

C. Index of Cases Arranged By Type of AAA Rules

D. Digests of Cases Discussing AAA Rules (Arranged Alphabetically)
 

 

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). 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. He was chair of 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 a member of the American Law Institute and a Fellow of the College of Commercial Arbitrators.

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