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ILLUSORY PROMISE TO ARBITRATE IS NOT SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR "STAND ALONE" ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IN GONZALES V. WEST SUBURBAN IMPORTS, INC. - Journal of American Arbitration (JAA) - Vol. 6, No. 1

Author(s): 
Lindsay K. Griffel
Page Count: 
11 pages
Published: 
March, 2007
Jurisdictions: 
United States
Practice Areas: 
Authority of the Arbitral Tribunal,
Arbitrators and Arbitral Tribunals,
Agreement to Arbitrate,
Court Decisions

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I. OVERVIEW 

II. BACKGROUND 

A. Arbitration Agreements Are Contracts Requiring Consideration 

B. Independent Arbitration Agreements Require Mutuality of Obligation 

C. Exemption Clauses Destroy Mutuality of Obligation 

III. THE COURT’S DECISION 

IV. ANALYSIS 

V. CONCLUSION