Aste v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

How courts have described this case

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• reversing Circuit Court's order compelling arbitration under the FAA, but finding the FAA applicable because the contract involved interstate commerce
• under both Illinois and federal law, a mutual promise to arbitrate is sufficient consideration to support an arbitration agreement
• “Whether under federal rules or state law, there is no arbitration without a valid contract to arbitrate”
• under both Illinois and federal law, a mutual promise to arbitrate is sufficient consideration to support an arbitration agreement
• a forged contract to arbitrate is not judicially enforceable
• a forged contract to arbitrate is not judicially enforceable

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