Legal Opinion
Masurovsky v. Green
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided March 4, 1997No. 95-CV-1317PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
This case requires us to examine the intersection of contract interpretation and what is generally termed the “presumption in favor of arbitration.” We hold that the presumption in favor of arbitration is applicable to issues regarding the interpretation or construction of an agreement containing an arbitration clause, but not to issues of the existence of an agreement to arbitrate, or of whether the court or arbitrator determines the existence of such an agreement. We further hold that the trial court erred in determining that an agreement was completely integrated,…
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