Chesapeake Appalachia v. Cecil L. HIckman, etc.

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that whether a valid arbitration agreement exists is determined “[u]nder general principles of state contract law”
• stating that contract terms “are to be read in their context”
• “The general state law rule” is that contract terms “are to be read in their context.”
• “[A]n agreement to arbitrate is a contract. The rights and liabilities of the parties are controlled by the state law of contracts.”
• “A party generally cannot be forced to participate in an arbitration proceeding unless the party has, in some way, agreed to participate.”
• Owner of one-quarter interest in property brought action against oil and gas lessees and geologist who represented owner in lease negotiations, seeking declaratory relief as to which lease was controlling and seeking damages

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).