Kemiron Atlantic, Inc. v. Aguakem International, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “the intent of the contracting parties is paramount and can trump the FAA’s policy in favor of arbitration”
• affirming district court’s denial of defendant’s motion to stay proceedings pending arbitration when neither party took necessary steps to trigger arbitration clause in parties’ contract
• treating noncompliance with mediation deadline as a bar to the right to arbitrate but affirming trial court's order refusing to stay litigation of the underlying claims
• “Because neither party requested mediation, the arbitration provision has not been activated and the FAA does not apply.”
• “Because neither party requested mediation, the arbitration provision has not been activated and the FAA does not apply.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).