Legal Opinion
Fantastic Sams Franchise v. FSRO Association, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 27, 2012No. 11-2300PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
In 2011, Fantastic Sams Regional Owners Association (“FSRO”) filed a Demand for Arbitration against Fantastic Sams Franchise Corporation (“FSFC”) with the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”). FSRO’s Demand, made on behalf of its members, who are franchisees of Fantastic Sams and who have individual license agreements with FSFC, alleged that FSFC had breached those license agreements. FSFC then filed a petition in federal district court pursuant to Section 4 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 4, to stay FSRO’s arbitration and to compel FSRO’s members to…
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