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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword           

Eric P. Tuchmann

Introduction     

Stephen K. Huber, James Lawrence, and Ben H. Sheppard, Jr.

PART I:  CASE DIGESTS  

CHAPTER 1 - THE ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

1.01 Contract Formation              

OMG L.P. v. Heritage Auctions, Inc., 612 Fed. App’x 207 (5th Cir. 2015)   

Nebraska Machinery Co. v. Cargotec Solutions, LLC, 762 F.3d 737 (8^th Cir. 2014)  

Moore-Dennis v. Franklin, 201 So.3d 1131 (Ala. 2016)     

Uszak v. AT&T Mobility Servs. LLC, 658 Fed. Appx. 758 (6th Cir. 2016)      

Hergenreder v. Bickford Senior Living Group, LLC, 656 F.3d 411 (6th Cir. 2011)      

Regan v. Stored Value Cards, Inc., 85 F.Supp. 3d 1356 (N.D. Ga. 2015)     

Sanchez v. CleanNet USA, Inc., 78 F.Supp. 3d 747 (N.D. Ill. 2015)               

Campbell v. Adecco USA, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 76234 (W.D. Mo. 2016)           

Joaquin v. DIRECTV Grp. Holdings, Inc., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 116132 (D.C. N.J. 2016)         

 

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)          

First Weber Grp., Inc. v. Synergy Real Estate Grp., LLC, 860 N.W.2d 498 (Wis. 2015)           

 

1.03 Public Policy Defenses: Unconscionability

Nesbitt v. FCNH, Inc., 811 F.3d 371 (10th Cir. 2016)           

Muriithi v. Shuttle Exp., Inc., 712 F.3d 173 (4th Cir. 2013)               

Chavarria v. Ralphs Grocery Co., 733 F.3d 916 (9th 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)

Roe v. SFBSC Mgmt., LLC, 2015 WL 930683 (N.D. Cal. 2015)

Zaborowski v. MHN Gov't Servs., Inc., 936 F. Supp. 2d 1145 (N.D. Cal. 2013)         

Smith v. D.R. Horton, Inc., 417 S.C. 42 (S.C. 2016)

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)             

State ex rel. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC v. Webster, 232 W. Va. 341, 752 S.E.2d 372 (2013)               

Geier v. m-Qube, Inc., 824 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2016)            

 

1.05 Waiver of the Right to Arbitrate     

Sierra v. Oakley Sales Corp., 637 F. App’x 368 (9th Cir. 2016) & Hopkins v. BCI Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Los Angeles, 640 F. App’x 672 (9th Cir. 2016)              

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC v. Couch, 659 F. App’x 402 (9th Cir. 2016)        

FPE Foundation v. Cohen, 801 F.3d 25 (1st Cir. 2015)       

Gunn v. NPC Int’l, Inc., 625 Fed. App’x 261 (6th Cir. 2015)             

Parnell v. CashCall, Inc., 804 F.3d 1142 (11th Cir. 2015)   

Joca-Roca Real Estate, LLC v. Brennan, 772 F.3d 945 (1st 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)       

Erdman Co. v. Phoenix Land & Acquisition, LLC, 650 F.3d 1115 (8th Cir. 2011)       

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

O’Neal v. Bama Exterminating Co., Inc., 147 So.3d 403 (Ala. 2013)            

Andre Franklin, Inc. v. Wax, 150 So. 3d 815 (Fla. App. 2014)         

Brand FX, LLC v. Rhine, 458 S.W.3d 195 (Tex. App. —Fort Worth 2015)    

Cooper Inds., LLC v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co., Inc., 475 S.W.3d 436 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2015)

Cusimano v. Schnurr, 26 N.Y.3d 391 (N.Y. 2015) 

 

CHAPTER 2 - ARBITRAL JURISDICTION

2.01 Scope of the Arbitration Agreement            

Unison Co. v. Juhl Energy Dev., Inc., 789 F.3d 816 (8th Cir. 2015)

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)  

 

2.02 Who Decides Arbitrability: Court of Arbitrator?      

Rent-A-Center West, Inc. v. Jackson, 130 S. Ct. 2772 (2010)           

Roszafalixk v. U.S. Foodservice Inc., 628 F. App'x 513 (9th Cir. 2016)         

Douglas v. Regions Bank, 757 F.3d 460 (5th Cir. 2014)     

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)    

Corchado v. Foulke Mgmt. Corp., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 60309 (D.C. N.J. 2016)      

Allstate Insurance Co. v. Toll Brothers, Inc., 2016 WL 1086719 (E.D.Penn.)              

Union Pac. R.R. Co. v. BNSF Ry. Co., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 98699 (D.C. Ne. 2016)  

Arshad v. Transp. Sys., 183 F. Supp.3d 442 (S.D. N.Y. 2016)           

Claridge Assocs., LLC v. Schepis, 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 6178f1 (S.D. N.Y. 2016)        

Zenelaj v. Handybook Inc., 82 F.Supp.3d 968 (N.D. Cal. 2015)      

Considine v. Brookdale Senior Living, Inc., 124 F.Supp.3d 83 (D. Conn. 2015)         

Ogden Power Dev. v. PMR Ltd., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66417 (S.D.N.Y. 2015)           

Schumacher Homes of Circleville, Inc. v. Spencer, 787 S.E.2d 650 (W.Va. 2016).    

Fed. Ins. Co. v. Reedstrom, 197 So.3d 971 (Ala. 2015)      

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)              

Townsend v. Quadrant Corp., 268 P.3d 917 (Wash. 2012)              

Gessa v. Manor Care of Fla., Inc., 86 So. 3d 484 (Fla. 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         

Hays v. HCA Holdings, Inc., 838 F.3d 605 (5th Cir. 2016)  

USHealth Grp., Inc. v. South, 636 Fed, Appx. 194 (5th Cir. 2015) 

Pershing, LLC v. Bevis, 606 F. App’x 754 (5th Cir. 2015)    

Muecke Co. v. CVS Caremark Corp., 615 Fed. Appx. 837 (5th Cir. 2015)   

Flintkote Co. v. Aviva PLC, 769 F. 3d 215 (3d Cir. 2014)     

Everett v. Paul Davis Restoration, Inc., 771 F.3d 380 (7th Cir. 2014)           

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)

Lawson v. Life of the South Ins. Co., 648 F.3d 116 (11th Cir. 2011)

Hellmich v. Mastiff Contracting, LLC, 2015 WL 391989 (C.D. Cal. 2015)      

In Re Wholesale Grocery Prods. Antitrust Litig., 97 F.Supp.3d 1101 (D. Minn. 2015)            

Belzberg v. Verus Inv. Holdings, Inc., 999 N.E.2d 1130 (N.Y.  2013)             

Raya v. Rio Management Co., 2015 WL 4504696 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2015)            

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          

DIRECTV, Inc. v. Imburgia, 136 S.Ct. 463 (2015)  

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)            

Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC v. Scout Petroleum, LLC, 809 F.3d 746 (3d Cir. 2016)               

AlixPartners LLP v. Brewington, 836 F.3d 543 (6th Cir. 2016)         

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)               

Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp., 615 F.3d 1204 (9th Cir. 2010)

Sandquist v. Lebo Automotive, Inc., 376 P.3d 506 (Cal. 2016)       

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)           

Univ. of Illinois v. Organon Teknika Corp., 614 F.3d 372 (7th Cir. 2010)    

 

CHAPTER 3 - INTERACTION OF FEDERAL AND STATE LAW

3.01 Commerce Clause Preemption of State Law by the FAA

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

Nitro-Lift Technologies, L.L.C. v. Howard, 133 S. Ct. 500 (2012)    

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

Sakkab v. Luxottica Retail N. Amer., Inc., 803 F.3d 425 (9th Cir. 2015)      

Smith v. Jem Grp., Inc., 737 F.3d 636 (9th Cir. 2013)          

National Aluminum Co., Ltd. v. Peak Chemical Corp., Inc., 132 F.Supp.3d 990 (N.D.Ill. 2015)         

Finn v. Ballentine Partners, LLC, 169 N.H. 128 (2016)        

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)

Moscatiello v. Hilliard, 939 A.2d 325 (Pa. 2007)   

Scott v. Yoho, 248 Cal.App.4th 392 (2016)             

 

3.02 The Role of State Arbitration Law

Delaware Coal. for Open Gov’t, Inc. v. Strine, 733 F.3d 510 (3d Cir. 2013)

Hoskins v. Hoskins, 497 S.W.3d 490 (Tex. 2016)  

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, 1132 S.Ct. 665 (2012)

Vaden v. Discover Bank, 129 S. Ct. 1262 (2009)   

Pershing, L.L.C. v. Kiebach, 819 F.3d 179 (5th Cir. 2016)  

Tillman v. Tillman, 825 F.3d 1069 (9th Cir. 2016) 

Katz v. Cellco Parternship, 794 F.3d 341 (2d Cir. 2015)     

CMH Homes, Inc. v. Goodner, 729 F.3d 832 (8th Cir. 2013)             

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)             

Transatlantic Lines LLC v. Amergent Techs, LLC, 186 F.Supp.3d 223 (D. Conn. 2016)            

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)          

In re Lopez, 372 S.W.3d 174 (Tex. 2012) 

 

CHAPTER 4 - THE ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL

4.01 Disqualifying Arbitrators: Evident Partiality  and Related Grounds

Star Ins. Co. v. Nat’l Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, 656 Fed.Appx. 240 (6th Cir. 2016)

Ruhe v. Masimo Corp., 640 Fed.Appx. 685 (9th Cir. 2016)              

Thomas Kinkade Co. v. White, 711 F.3d 719 (6th Cir. 2013)

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)   

National Indemnity Company v. IRB Brasil Resseguros S.A., 164 F. Supp. 3d 457 (S.D.N.Y. 2016)  

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)     

Rodas v. La Madeleine of Texas, Inc., 2015 WL 1611780 (Tex. Ct. App—Dallas 2015)         

 

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       

Odyssey Reinsurance Co. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s London Syndicate 53, 615 Fed. App’x. 22 (2d Cir. 2015)           

Khan v. Dell Inc., 669 F.3d 350 (3d Cir. 2012)        

Miller v. GGNSC Atlanta, LLC, 746 S.E.2d 680 (Ga. Ct. App. 2013) 

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)          

Nishimura v. Gentry Homes, Ltd., 338 P.3d 524 (Haw. 2014)         

C.R. Klewin N.E., LLC v. City of Bridgeport, 919 A.2d 1002 (Conn. 2007)    

 

4.04 Arbitrator Immunity            

Landmark Ventures, 2014 WL 6784397 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)    

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)            

John Hancock Life Ins. Co. (U.S.A.) v. Employers Reassurance Corp., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 80592 (D. Mass. 2016)  

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)               

Sanford v. CenturyTel of Mo., LLC, 490 S.W.3d 717 (Mo. 2016)

 

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)

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)            

Emilio v. Sprint Spectrum L.P., 68 F. Supp. 3d 509 (S.D.N.Y. 2014)               

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              

Campbell Harrison & Dagley, L.L.P., v. Hill, 782 F.3d 240 (5th Cir. 2015)    

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)     

Calbex Mineral Ltd. V. ACC Resources Co., L.P., 90 F.Supp.3d 442 (W.D. Pa. 2015)              

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     

Leeward Construction Company, Ltd. v. American University of Antigua-College of Medicine, 826 F.3d 634 (2d Cir. 2016)               

Rainier DSC 1, L.L.C. v. Rainier Capital Mgmt., L.P., 828 F.3d 362 (5th Cir. 2016)    

Grynberg v. Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P., 805 F.3d 901 (10th Cir. 2015)  

Goldman, Sachs & Co. v. Athena Venture Partners, L.P., 803 F.3d 144 (3d Cir. 2015)    

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)             

Bosack v. Soward, 586 F.3d 1096 (9th Cir. 2009) 

Chevron Corp. v. Ecuador, 795 F.3d 200 (D.D.C. 2015)     

Miminco, LLC v. Democratic Republic of the Congo, 79 F.Supp.3d 213 (D.D.C. 2015)           

Swiss Inst. of Bioinformatics v. Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data, 49 F.Supp.3d 92 (D.D.C. 2014)        

Brazzel v. Brazzel, 789 S.E.2d 626 (Ga. App. 2016)              

Columbia Valley Healthcare, Sys., L.P. v. Walss, 2015 WL 9487271 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi-Edinburg)

Sims v. Building Tomorrow’s Talent, LLC, 2014 WL 1800839 (Tex. App. 2014)         

 

7.04 Challenges that Arbitrators Exceeded their Authority

Samaan v. Gen Dynamics Land Sys., 835 F. 3d 593 (6th Cir. 2016)              

Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, Local Union 824 v. Verizon Florida, LLC, 803 F.3d 1241 (11th Cir. 2015)

BNSF v. Fairfield Greenwich Ltd., 777 F.3d 785 (5th Cir. 2015)       

Davis v. Producers Agricultural Ins. Co., 762 F.3d 1276 (11th Cir. 2014)    

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)            

J. Don Gordon Const. Inc. v. Brown, 2015 WL 3537497 (Ala. 2015)              

Stanley v. Liberty, 111 A.3d 663 (Me. 2015)          

Guardian Builders, LLC v. Uselton, 164 So.3d 964 (Ala. 2014)        

Lujan v. Texas Bell Jeb Apartments LLC, 2015 WL 4072121 (Tex.Ct.App. 2015)       

 

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)              

Frazier v. CitiFinancial Corp. LLC, 604 F.3d 1313 (11th Cir. 2010)   

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

Johnson v. NCL (Bah.) Ltd., 163 F. Supp. 3d 338 (E.D. La. 2016)

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)           

 

8.02 Enforcement of the Arbitration Agreement

BG Group PLC v. Republic of Argentina, 134 S.Ct. 1198 (2014)

Newco Ltd. v. Gov't of Belize, 650 F. App’x 14 (D.C. Cir. 2016)       

AVR Communs., Ltd. v. Am. Hearing Sys., 793 F.3d 847 (8th Cir. 2015)     

Schneider v. Kingdom of Thailand, 688 F.3d 68 (2d Cir. 2012)       

Lindo v. NCL (Bahamas), Ltd., 652 F.3d 1257 (11th Cir. 2011)        

Thomas v. Carnival Corp., 573 F.3d 1113 (11th Cir. 2009)               

InterDigital Communications, Inc. v. Huawei Investment & Holdings Co., Ltd., 166 F.Supp.3d 463 (S.D.N.Y. 2016)

Cont'l Transfert Technique Limited v. Federal Government of Nigeria, 800 F.Supp.2d 161, (D.D.C. 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)       

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

 

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)              

 

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)          

 

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            

Human v. Czech Republic—Ministry of Health, 824 F.3d 131 (D.C. Cir. 2016)          

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)

Frontera Resources Azerbaijan Corp. v. State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic, 582 F.3d 393 (2d Cir. 2009)

Africard Co. Ltd. v. Republic of Niger, 210 F.Supp.3d 119 (D.D.C. 2016)    

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               

Corporación Mexicana de Mantenimiento Integral S. de. R.L. de C.V. v. Pemex-Exploración y Producción, 832 F.3d 92 (2d Cir. 2016)    

Termorio S.A. E.S.P. v. Electranta S.P., 487 F.3d 928 (D.C. Cir. 2007)          

 

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)

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. He is a life member of the American Law Institute.

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.

 

James Lawrence serves as the Executive Director of the Blakely Advocacy Institute at the University of Houston Law Center.  The Blakely provides skills training to over 400 Law Center students each year.  He also directs the Law Center’s highly successful Moot Court Interscholastic Competition Program and Alternative Dispute Resolution Interscholastic Competition Program.  Over the past four years, both programs have fielded intercollegiate teams that have won over 38 international, national, and regional titles. He is the originator of the Moot Court Rankings and the Moot Court National Championship, now sponsored by Andrews Kurth Kenyon, LLP.

He specializes in the alternative dispute resolution process, with a focus on legal negotiation and communication.  He designed and teaches several of the Law Center's Alternative Dispute Resolution courses including Legal Negotiations, Advocacy Survey, and Advanced Negotiations. He has taught Negotiations in the University of Houston, Bauer College of Business Executive MBA program and he also serves on the Professional Sports Counseling Panel for the University of Houston Athletic Department, where he works with University of Houston athletes, on an as needed basis, in their negotiations with professional agents.

Mr. Lawrence is a principle with Trial Science Solutions, a national and international trial and arbitration advocacy consulting firm where he engages in the study of judge, jury, and arbitration decision making and the development of successful trial and arbitration advocacy.  Prior to that, he was a senior trial Consultant with The Advocates for over 15 years.  He is the Communications Expert for the American Bar Association/National Institute for Trial Advocacy’s Family Law Trial Advocacy Institute and he has served as a program director and faculty member for many other courses offered by NITA.

He is a Fellow in the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and is Vice Chair for Membership of the North American Branch of CIArb.  He is certified to teach the Member Level Course for the Chartered Institute and he is currently a co-editor for the American Arbitration Association’s Yearbook on Arbitration and the Law.  He holds a Certificate in Advanced Arbitration Skills from the Law Center’s A.A. White Dispute Resolution Center and he is a Qualified Mediator in Texas.  Mr. Lawrence is a featured speaker in advocacy training programs both nationally and internationally.

“This provides an invaluable and unique resource for practitioners and parties alike. Thanks so much for publishing this.” 
– Carolyn Lamm, Partner, White & Case, former President of the ABA

“A most magnificent tool for coming to grips with the complex evolution of American arbitration law.” 
– William Park, former President LCIA; Professor, Boston University

“Welcome back to Arbitration & the Law, and thanks to the AAA and University of Houston Law Center for reviving this publication. Research has just gotten easier for the arbitration community, particularly with the new organization―by stage of an arbitration for the case digests.”
 – Lucy Reed, former Partner and Co-Head of the International Arbitration Practice Group, Freshfields Bruckhaus De ringer LLP; President of the American Society of International Law

“This book is a superb overview of recent developments in the United States law on international arbitration addressing the major issues of the day…. I highly recommend this book.” 
– John Fellas, Partner, Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

“This is a very practitioner-friendly annual survey of important arbitration developments, significantly enhanced and improved from its prior incantation. The survey of recent cases, organized by topic, provides a particularly useful means of remaining up-to-date on key issues that arise daily in arbitration practice….”
 – Robert H. Smit, Partner, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

“This is a very useful resource for anyone arbitrating under AAA rules. The digests of judicial opinions discussing application of individual AAA rules as seen by U.S. courts are unique and particularly welcome.”
 – James Carter, Counsel, WilmerHale, Former Chair, AAA Board of Directors