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· 9/29/2000

Bishop v. We Care Hair Development Corp.

Citations

  • 738 N.E.2d 610
  • 250 Ill. Dec. 394
  • 316 Ill. App. 3d 1182

How courts have described this case

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

  • discussing Yates and Volt and concluding that the choice of law clause at issue reflected an agreement to arbitrate in accordance with Illinois law
  • discussing Yates and Volt and concluding that the choice of law clause at issue reflected an agreement to arbitrate in accordance with Illinois law
  • noting that, even though “there is a presumption in Illinois law against waiver,” a contractual right to arbitrate can be waived as with any other contract right “when a party’s conduct is inconsistent with the arbitration clause, thus indicating an abandonment of the right to arbitration”
  • defendants’ two-year delay in seeking arbitration did not establish waiver where they “did not submit any substantive questions to the trial court for determination”
  • on the appeal of an interlocutory order, reversal is required only if trial court abused its discretion in granting or denying “the requested relief’
  • on the appeal of an interlocutory order, reversal is required only if trial court abused its discretion in granting or denying \the requested relief\

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Judges: Greiman

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