Pioneer Properties, Inc. v. Ross Lloyd Martin, the Genesis Marketing Organization Limited

LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of plaintiff Pioneer Properties, Inc.’s purchase of interests in joint ventures to acquire, develop, and sell residential real estate located in Ontario, Canada. The joint venture agreements provided that disputes arising among the contracting parties over matters in the agreements would be resolved by arbitration. After plaintiff apparently invested sizable sums in the joint ventures without realizing a return, it brought suit against another of the joint venturers and its agent in the United States District Court for the District of Kansas.…