Legal Opinion

Circuit City Stores, Inc. A Virginia Corporation v. Saint Clair Adams, a California Resident

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 4, 2002No. 98-15992PublishedCited by 227 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:

The Supreme Court granted certiorari, reversed this court’s prior decision, and remanded for proceedings in accordance with its opinion in Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams, 532 U.S. 105, 121 S.Ct. 1302, 149 L.Ed.2d 234 (2001). Now that the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”), 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., applies to the arbitration agreement in this case, we must decide whether the district court erred in exercising its authority under the Act to compel arbitration.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On October 23, 1995, Saint Clair Adams completed an application to…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. First Options of Chicago, Inc. v. KaplanSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Gilmer v. Interstate/Johnson Lane Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Green Tree Financial Corp.-Alabama v. RandolphSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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3Cited by227 opinions

  1. Connie A. Nagrampa v. Mailcoups, Inc. The American Arbitration AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2006
  2. Catherine Ingle v. Circuit City Stores, Inc., a Virginia CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  3. LILLIAN PEBBLES MORRISON v. CIRCUIT CITY STORES, INC., MARK F. SHANKLE, SR. v. PEP BOYS — MANNY, MOE & JACK, INC.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2003
  4. Erik Knutson v. Sirius Xm Radio Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2014
  5. Thinket Ink Information Resources, Inc. v. Sun Microsystems, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004

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