3M Co. v. Amtex Security, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that a federal court “must grant a motion to compel arbitration if a valid arbitration clause exists which encompasses the dispute between the parties”
• accepting 3M’s argument that the “arbitration clause is broad, . . . and that all of Amtex’s claims come with the scope of Article 4D”
• finding the arbitration clause at issue was broad where it applied to “the existence, cause, or value of any change to the scope of services Amtex was to provide.”
• discussing the treatment of broad arbitration clauses and how they differ from narrower ones
• “Unless the parties provide otherwise, the court rather than the arbitrator will determine whether a particular dispute falls within the scope of the [arbitration] clause.”
• “Our task is to look past the labels the parties attach to their claims . . . and determine whether they fall within the scope of the arbitration clause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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  Ninth Circuit· 2020-09-30· cited 59×
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  Eighth Circuit· 2018-08-07· cited 40×
• Valer C. Austin v. Josiah T. Austin
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-04-30· cited 27×
• Zetor North America, Inc. v. Ridgeway Enterprises
  Eighth Circuit· 2017-07-03· cited 24×
• Mary Triplet v. Menard, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2022-07-29· cited 21×
• Landers v. Federal Deposit Insurance
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2013-02-27· cited 21×
• MA Mortenson Co. v. Saunders Concrete Co., Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2012-04-30· cited 17×
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• Jann v. Interplastic Corp.
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• Giddings v. Media Lodge, Inc.
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  Eighth Circuit· 2017-06-27· cited 6×
• Rosemann v. Sigillito
  E.D. Missouri· 2012-06-26· cited 5×
• International Union v. Trane U.S. Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2020-01-10· cited 4×
• GP3 II, LLC v. Litong Capital, LLC
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