Legal Opinion
Johnson Controls, Incorporated v. Edman Controls, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 18, 2013No. 12-2308, 12-2623PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
Although arbitration is supposed to be a procedure through which a dispute can be resolved privately, with the narrowest of exceptions for court intervention, losers sometimes cannot resist the urge to try for a second bite at the apple. That is what has happened here. Johnson Controls, Inc. (Johnson) and Edman Controls, Inc. (Edman) entered into an agreement giving Edman the exclusive rights to distribute Johnson’s products in Panama. When it appeared that Johnson was not living up to its promise, Edman invoked the agreement’s arbitration clause. The arbitrator ultimately…
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