Chase Commercial Corp. v. Owen

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that non-signatory guarantor was bound by jury trial waiver contained in loan and security agreements, though guarantee agreement contained no such waiver, where “the three documents were part of one transaction”
• holding that a jury waiver clause in an adhesion contract was enforceable
• holding that non-signatory guarantor was bound by jury trial waiver contained in loan and security agreements, though guarantee agreement contained no such waiver, where \the three documents were part of one transac- tion\
• holding that non-signatory guarantor was bound by jury trial waiver contained in loan and security agreements, though guarantee agreement contained no such waiver, where \the three documents were part of one transac- tion\
• stating that contractual jury trial waivers are enforceable as long as the waiver language is clear and legible
• noting that majority of federal court cases invalidating contractual jury trial waivers have found “gross inequality in the bargaining positions of the parties”

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