AAA Yearbook on Arbitration and the Law - 27th Edition

Author(s):

Stephen K. Huber

Ben H. Sheppard Jr.

ISBN:

978-1-937518-75-2

Page Count:

574 pages

Published:

September, 2015

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 27th 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 an invaluable reference and source of information to practitioners, arbitrators and academics, as well as all those with an interest in ADR.

PDF of Title Page and T.O.C.

FOREWORD
India Johnson

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

PART I
CASE DIGESTS

CHAPTER 1 THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

1.01 Contract Formation
-- Nebraska Machinery Co. v. Cargotec Solutions, LLC, 762 F.3d 737 (8th Cir. 2014)
-- Nguyen v. Barnes & Noble, Inc., 763 F.3d 1171 (9th Cir. 2014)
-- Hergenreder v. Bickford Senior Living Group, LLC, 656 F.3d 411 (6th Cir. 2011)
-- Norcia v. Samsung Telecomms. Am., LLC, No. 14-CV-00582-JD, 2014 WL 4652332 (N.D. Cal. 2014)
-- Fernandes v. Dillard’s Inc., 997 F.Supp.2d 607 (S.D. Tex. 2014)
-- New v. GameStop, Inc., 753 S.E.2d 62 (W. Va. 2013)
-- Bancorpsouth Bank v. Shields, 385 S.W.3d 805 (Ark. 2011)
-- Tecore, Inc. v. AirWalk Commc’ns, Inc., 418 S.W.3d 374 (Tex. App. 2013)

1.02 State Contract Law Defenses
-- Goldman, Sachs & Co. v. Golden Empire Schools Financing Authority, 764 F.3d 210 (2d Cir. 2014)
-- Noohi v. Toll Bros. Inc., 708 F.3d 599 (4th Cir. 2013)
-- Chavarria v. Ralphs Grocery Co., 733 F.3d 916 (9th Cir. 2013)

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)
-- Pine Hills Health and Rehabilitation, LLC v. Matthews, 431 S.W.3d 910 (Ark. 2014)
-- Am. Gen. Home Equity, Inc. v. Kestel, 235 S.W.3d 543 (Ky. 2008)
-- State ex rel. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC v. Webster, 232 W. Va. 341, 752 S.E.2d 372 (2013)

1.05 Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate
-- In re Checking Account Overdraft Litigation, 754 F.3d 1290 (11th Cir. 2014)
-- 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)
-- 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. 2013)
-- Bates v. Laminack, 969 F.Supp.2d 649 (S.D. Tex. 2013)
-- O’Neal v. Bama Exterminating Co., Inc., 147 So.3d 403 (Ala. 2013)
-- LaFrance Architect v. Point Five Dev. S. Burlington, LLC., 2013 VT 115, 91 A.3d 364 (Vt. 2013)
-- Ground Force Const., LLC v. Coastline Homes, LLC, 2014 WL 2158160 (Tex. App. 2014)
-- IBS Asset Liquidations LLC v. Servicios Multiples Del Norte SA de CV, 419 S.W.3d 573 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2013)

CHAPTER 2 ARBITRAL JURISDICTION

2.01 Scope of the Arbitration Agreement
-- Sanchez v. Nitro-Lift Techs., L.L.C., 762 F.3d 1139 (10th Cir. 2014)
-- 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)
-- Cook v. PenSa, Inc., No. 13-CV-03282-RM-KMT, 2014 WL 3809409 (D. Colo. 2014)
-- Harrell’s LLC v. Agrium Advanced (U.S.) Technologies, 795 F.Supp.2d 1321 (M.D. Fla. 2011)

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. 2772 (2010)
-- Eckert/Wordell Architects, Inc. v. FJM Props. of Willmar, LLC, 756 F.3d 1098 (8th Cir. 2014)
-- Douglas v. Regions Bank, 757 F.3d 460 (5th Cir. 2014)
-- 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)
-- Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Helferich Patent Licensing, LLC, 51 F.Supp.3d 713 (N.D. Ill. 2014)
-- Anderton v. Practice-Monroeville, P.C., 2014 WL 4798898 (Ala. 2014)
-- Federal Contracting, Inc. v. Bimini Shipping, LLC, 128 So. 3d 904 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2013)

2.03 Severability/Separability of the Arbitration Agreement
-- Gore v. Alltel Commc’n, LLC, 666 F.3d 1027 (7th Cir. 2012)
-- New v. GameStop, Inc., 753 S.E.2d 62 (W. Va. 2013)
-- 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)

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)
-- 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)
-- 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., 999 N.E.2d 1130 (N.Y. 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)

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)
-- Opalinski v. Robert Half Int’l, Inc., 761 F.3d 326 (3d Cir. 2014)
-- Reed Elsevier, Inc. v. Crockett, 734 F.3d 594 (6th Cir. 2013)
-- Fantastic Sams Franchise Corp. v. F.S.R.O. Ass’n, Ltd., 683 F.3d 18 (1st Cir. 2012)
-- Pendergast v. Sprint Nextel Corp., 691 F.3d 1224 (11th Cir. 2012)
-- Fensterstock v. Educ. Fin. Partners, 611 F.3d 124 (2d Cir. 2010)
-- Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp., 615 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir. 2010)
-- Imburgia v. DIRECTV, Inc., 170 Cal. Rptr. 3d 190 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014)
-- McKenzie Check Advance of Fla., LLC v. Betts, 112 So.3d 1176 (Fla. 2013)

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)
-- 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)
-- Nat’l Wastewater Sys., Inc. v. McKittrick Precast, Inc., No. 2:13–0527, 2013 WL 4648334 (W.D. La. 2013)

CHAPTER 3 INTERACTION OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW

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)
-- THI of New Mexico at Hobbs Ctr., LLC v. Patton, 741 F.3d 1162 (10th Cir. 2014)
-- Smith v. Jem Grp., Inc., 737 F.3d 636 (9th Cir. 2013)
-- Coneff v. AT&T Corp., 673 F.3d 1155 (9th Cir. 2012)
-- Iskanian v. CLS Transp. Los Angeles, LLC, 327 P.3d 129 (Cal. 2014)
-- Bradley v. Brentwood Homes, Inc., 730 S.E.2d 312 (S.C. 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)
-- Ferguson v. Corinthian Colleges, Inc., 733 F.3d 928 (9th Cir. 2013)
-- 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)
-- BDO USA, LLP v. Coe, 763 S.E.2d 742 (Ga. Ct. App. 2014)
-- 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)
-- Northport Health Serv. v. Rutherford, 605 F.3d 483 (8th 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)

CHAPTER 4 THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL

4.01 Disqualifying 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)
-- Pacific West Securities, Inc. v. George, 2014 WL 894843 (N.D. Cal. 2014)
-- Baylor Health Care System v. Beech Street Corp., 2014 WL 66470 (N.D. Tex. 2014)
-- 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)
-- Tenaska Energy, Inc. v. Ponderosa Pine Energy, LLC, 437 S.W.3d 518 (Tex. 2014), reh'g denied (Aug. 22, 2014)
-- 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)

CHAPTER 5 PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS

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
-- MediVas, LLC v. Marubeni Corp., 741 F.3d 4 (9th Cir. 2014)
-- 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).

CHAPTER 6 THE ARBITRATION PROCEEDING

6.01 Preclusion: Res Judicata and Collateral Estoppel
-- 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)
-- Casa Del Mar Ass’n, Inc. v. Gossen Livingston Associates, Inc., 434 S.W.3d 2011 (Tex. App. 2014), review denied (Oct. 3, 2014)

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
-- Lagstein v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's of London, 725 F.3d 1050 (9th Cir. 2013)
-- 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)

CHAPTER 7 CHALLENGES TO THE ARBITRAL AWARD

7.01 Statutory Deadlines for Submission of Application to Vacate or Modify Award
-- United Food & Commercial Workers Int’l Union, Local No. 7 v. King Soopers, Inc., 743 F.3d 1310 (10th Cir. 2014)
-- Gonsalvez v. Celebrity Cruises Inc., 750 F.3d 1195 (11th Cir. 2013) cert. denied, No. 13-1285, 2014 WL 1669263 (U.S. Oct. 6, 2014)
-- Domnarski v. UBS Fin. Servs., Inc., 919 F. Supp. 2d 183 (D. Mass. 2013)
-- 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)
-- In re Wal-Mart Wage and Hour Employment Practices Litigation, 737 F.3d 1262 (9th Cir. 2013)
-- Tube City IMS, LLC v. Anza Capital Partners, LLC, 25 F.Supp. 2d 486 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
-- Nafta Traders, Inc. v. Quinn, 339 S.W.3d 84 (Tex. 2011)

7.03 Challenges Based on Evidentiary and Procedural Issues
-- Savers Property & Casualty Ins. Co. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburg, 748 F.3d 708 (6th Cir. 2014)
-- 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)
-- Swiss Inst. of Bioinformatics v. Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data, No. CV 13-1274 (RBW), 49 F.Supp.3d 92 (D.D.C. 2014)
-- Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc. v. Overmyer, 81 So.3d 1250 (Ala. 2011)
-- Pirtek USA, LLC v. Whitehead, 51 So. 3d 291 (Ala. 2010)
-- Sims v. Building Tomorrow’s Talent, LLC, 2014 WL 1800839 (Tex. App. 2014)

7.04 Challenges that Arbitrators Exceeded their Authority
-- Davis v. Producers Agricultural Ins. Co., 762 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2014)
-- Timegate Studios, Inc. v. Southpeak Interative, L.L.C., 713 F.3d 797 (5th Cir. 2013)
-- 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)
-- Ecopetrol S.A. v. Offshore Exploration and Production, LLC, 46 F.Supp.3d 327 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
-- Guardian Builders, LLC v. Uselton, 164 So.3d 964 (Ala. 2014)
-- Gower v. Turquoise Properties Gulf, Inc., 2013 WL 6703453 (Ala. 2013)
-- Seagate Tech. v. Western Digital Corp., 834 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)
-- Tucker v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 159 So.3d 1263 (Ala. 2014)

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)

CHAPTER 8 INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION

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 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)
-- Diag Human S.E. v. Czech Republic-Ministry of Health, No. CV 13-0355 (ABJ), 2014 WL 3956747 (D.D.C. 2014)

8.02 Enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement
-- BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina, 134 S.Ct. 1198 (2014)
-- Schneider v. Kingdom of Thailand, 688 F.3d 68 (2d 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)
-- Asignacion v. Schiffahrts, 2014 WL 294639 (E.D. La. 2014)
-- AVR Communications, Ltd. v. American Hearing Systems, Inc., 2014 WL 348248 (D. Minn. 2014)
-- 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)
-- Seed Holdings, Inc. v. Jiffy Int’l AS, 5 F. Supp. 3d 565 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)
-- 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. 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
-- Sonera Holding B.V. v. Cukurova Holding A.S., 750 F.3d 221 (2d Cir. 2014)
-- 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)
-- Clientron Corp. v. Devon IT, Inc., 35 F. Supp.3d 665 (E.D. Penn. 2014)
-- CBF Industria de Gusa S/A/ v. AMCI Holdings, Inc., 14 F. Supp.3d 463 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)

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)

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.

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