Johnson Associates Corp. v. HL Operating Corp.

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• “[A]n enforceable contractual right to compel arbitration operates as a quasi-jurisdictional bar to a plaintiff’s claims, providing grounds for dismissal of the suit.”
• “Regardless of whether a defendant is required to raise arbitration as a defense under Rule 8(c
• “[A] defendant’s failure to raise arbitration as an affirmative defense shows his intent to litigate rather than arbitrate.”
• plaintiffs filed suit against Hartmann; Hartmann filed an answer and counterclaim with no reference to arbitration, waiving the right to arbitrate.
• “Although it has been settled that a party can waive its contractual right to arbitration because of the strong presumption in favor of arbitration, waiver of the right to arbitration is not to be lightly inferred.”

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