Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,600 Brenda Susan Chastain v. The Robinson-Humphrey Company, Inc.

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• concluding that dispute of fact existed where party denied existence of arbitration agreement and contract containing arbitration clause was unsigned
• holding that court should decide threshold issue of whether an agreement exists
• noting that the trial court must determine in first instance whether an agreement to arbitrate exists where signature is contested
• stating that issues concerning “the making” of an arbitration agreement are for a district court to decide
• stating that issues concerning “the making” of an arbitration agreement are for a district court to decide
• explaining, in a forgery case, that the determination of whether a “non-signing party can nonetheless be bound by the contractual language,” including under agency principles, goes to “the very existence of any agreement”

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