Cantella & Co., Inc. v. Goodwin

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• holding that clause is not \hidden\ if it appears on the back of a single- page document, where the \ARBITRATION\ notice is in bold, and given a presumption that a party who signs a contract knows its contents
• holding that because the NASD penalty for a violation of the specific rule was censure, suspension, expulsion, or sanctions and not avoidance of the arbitration provision, a violation of NASD rules did not void the arbitration clause
• holding Texas law presumes party who signs contract has read it and knows of its contents
• holding Texas law presumes party who signs contract has read it and knows of its contents
• rejecting City’s claim that it did not know about arbitration provision in light of agreement’s conspicuous notice of arbitration and legal presumption that a party knows the contents of an agreement it signs
• referring to “legal presumption that a party who signs a contract knows of its contents”

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