Hoffman v. Cargill, Inc.

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• noting that the plaintiff contended that his misrepresentation and negligence claims were not arbitrable, while the defendant argued that all claims were arbitrable, but even if some were not, those claims should also be stayed pending arbitration of the arbitrable claims
• considering but not deciding whether the contracts at issue are adhesion contracts
• “[P]arties must not be forced to arbitrate disputes that they did not agree to submit to arbitration.”
• plaintiffs claims of misrepresentation, negligence, and conversion constituted disputes relating to the transaction where each of the claims went directly to defendant’s alleged failure to perform under the contracts
• “Although arbitration proceedings may, and often do, provide much more limited discovery procedures than is common in regu- ■ lar court proceedings; a party must be provided a fair opportunity to present its claims.”
• staying all claims pending arbitration of some of the claims

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