King Cole Foods, Inc. v. SuperValu, Inc.

Because Minnesota equitable-estoppel law and the text of the arbitration agreements compel arbitration, I respectfully dissent from the court’s opinion. The opinion has two, independent, flaws. First, the court misreads the arbitration agreement. Second, the court incorrectly applies choice-of-law principles, thereby omitting an important component of equitable-estoppel doctrine in Minnesota.

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The court asserts that this court’s precedents preclude equitable estoppel, ante at 922-24, citing PRM Energy Sys., Inc. v. Primenergy, L.L.C., 592 F.3d 830, 833 (8th Cir.2010); CD Partners, LLC v.…