Legal Opinion
Doctor's Associates, Inc. v. Casarotto
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 3, 1996No. 95-559PublishedCited by 1,550 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
This case concerns a standard form franchise agreement for the operation of a Subway sandwich shop in Montana. *683When a dispute arose between parties to the agreement, franchisee Paul Casarotto sued franchisor Doctor’s Associates, Inc. (DAI), and DAI’s Montana development agent, Nick Lombardi, in a Montana state court. DAI and Lombardi sought to stop the litigation pending arbitration pursuant to the arbitration clause set out on page nine of the franchise agreement.
The Federal Arbitration Act (FAA or Act) declares written provisions for arbitration “valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save…
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