Legal Opinion
Valencia v. Smyth
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 1, 2010No. B216753PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MALLANO, P. J.
The California Association of Realtors publishes and periodically revises a standard form residential purchase agreement commonly used in California. The agreement contains an arbitration provision. We previously interpreted the October 2000 version of the agreement, concluding that, under the California Arbitration Act (CAA) (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1280-1294.2), the trial court had the authority to stay or deny arbitration where (1) some of the parties to the action were not parties to the agreement, and (2) proceedings in different forums—arbitral and judicial—could result…
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