Laxmi Investments, Llc, a California Limited Liability Company v. Golf Usa, an Oklahoma Corporation

SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

This is a dispute in which the parties have agreed to arbitration but disagree on the venue. The parties entered into a franchise agreement that specified an Oklahoma forum, but the offering circular pointed out that California law requires a California forum for franchise agreement dispute resolution. The district court for the Northern District of California held that the arbitration must proceed in Oklahoma and dismissed the franchisee’s suit on the ground that the Federal Arbitration Act requires the enforcement of the parties’ agreement exactly as the agreement…