Bartlett Grain Company, LP v. Steven Carl Sheeder and Maureen Jeanette Pace

MANSFIELD, Justice.

Is there an enforceable agreement to arbitrate if two parties agree over the phone to a sale of grain and later confirm that agreement with a signed, written document containing an arbitration clause that was not part of the phone conversation? That is the question we must answer in this case. Bartlett Grain Co. (Bartlett) appeals the district court’s denial of its application to confirm an arbitration award against Steven Sheeder.

Because the parties signed final, written documents that included arbitration clauses, we conclude valid agreements to arbitrate existed.…