John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company John Hancock Distr Larry Carter v. Thomas W. Olick

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• holding that the district court, rather than the arbitrators, should have decided the preclusive effect of the district court’s earlier judgment on the merits
• holding that a “res judicata objection based on [a] prior arbitration is an issue to be arbitrated and is not to be decided by the courts.”
• holding res judicata objection based on prior arbitration is issue to be arbitrated under National Association of Securities Dealers arbitration procedures
• noting that in addition to asking the arbitration panel to dismiss the claim based on res judicata, “Hancock filed a complaint in the District Court,” and thus the arbitration proceeding is still pending
• describing “the threshold questions a district court must answer before compelling or enjoining arbitration .... ”
• asserting the FAA was enacted to make agreements to arbitrate enforceable to the same extent as other contracts

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