Abel v. Munro

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that disputes “need only touch matters covered by the contract containing the arbitration clause and all doubts are to be resolved in favor of arbitrability” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)
• stating that “the district court can determine only whether a written arbitration agreement exists, and if it does, enforce.it in accordance with its terms”
• reasoning that if the designated arbitrators have power to order interim measures, a court should refuse to grant provisional relief “[o]n [that] basis alone.”
• noting that limited pre-arbitration discovery may be permitted into issues relating to the making and performance of the agreement to arbitrate
• finding that arbitration clause covered claims that would require “closely exam-biting] [the parties’ agreements] in order to determine whether [one] performed its contractual obligations in a manner consistent with” the agreement’s terms
• collecting cases broadly construing the language 10 “arising out of or relating to this Agreement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).