Legal Opinion
Riley Manufacturing Co. v. Anchor Glass Container Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1998No. 96-3299PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
This copyright and trade secret dispute between two former commercial partners, now competitors, requires us to examine the federal common law of arbitrability. Under that law, we disagree with the district court’s conclusion that there was no valid and enforceable arbitration agreement between the parties. Instead, we find that at least a portion of the dispute in this case appears to be arbitrable. Therefore, we must reverse and remand.
Background
Since the early 1980s, Riley Manufacturing Company (“Riley”), based in Olathe, Kansas, has been in the business of making “sun…
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