Legal Opinion
Schumacher Homes of Circleville v. John and Carolyn Spencer
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 2015No. 14-0441Separate
1Opinion of the Court
No. 14-0441 - Schumacher Homes of Circleville, Inc. v. John Spencer and Carolyn Spencer FILED April 24, 2015 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS LOUGHRY, Justice, dissenting: OF WEST VIRGINIA Once again, a majority of this Court reveals its biases and blatant “judicial hostility”1 toward arbitration by invalidating a plain and unmistakable agreement between the parties to arbitrate issues regarding whether a claim is subject to arbitration in the first instance. Feigning confusion about the term “arbitrability,” the majority concludes that the circuit court can decide whether the…
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