Raines v. Independent School District No. 6 of Craig County

*307KAUGER, Justice,

with whom DOOLIN, Justice, and SUMMERS, Justice, join dissenting.

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INTRODUCTION

In approximately the year 972 B.C., King Solomon served as an arbitrator. In 1798, George Washington provided in his will for arbitration of any disputes over the distribution of his estate.1 In 1856, Scott v. Avery, All E.R. 1, 7, was decided and the House of Lords Court ruled that under common law principles it would enforce agreements to arbitrate future disputes.2 In 1907, the delegates for the Constitutional Convention provided in the Oklahoma Constitution for arbitration not once but three…