Legal Opinion
Wolsey, Ltd. v. Foodmaker, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 19, 1998No. 96-56345PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
In this suit to compel arbitration, we must examine the' interplay between federal and state law in the application of a contract’s arbitration clause.
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In February of 1991, Foodmaker International (“Foodmaker”), a franchiser of Jack in the Box fast food restaurants, entered into a Development Agreement with Wolsey, Ltd. (‘Wolsey”), a Hong Kong corporation, which gave Wolsey the right to develop Jack in the Box restaurants in Hong Kong and Macau for five years. The Development Agreement established a three-step dispute resolution process to be used for all disputes…
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