KKW Enterprises, Inc. v. Gloria Jean's Gourmet Coffees Franchising Corp.

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• reversing district court and finding Rhode Island’s franchise agreement statute’s home-court provision preempted by FAA
• Rhode Island statute was not a generally applicable contract defense because it applied to only one type of provision, venue clauses, in one type of agreement, franchise agreements
• Rhode Island statute was not a generally applicable contract defense because it applied to only one type of provision, venue clauses, in one type of agreement, franchise agreements
• “Courts may not rewrite the parties’ agreements and compel arbitration of their dispute in a forum which is not one of those enumerated in an arbitration agreement’s forum selection clause”
• “Courts may not rewrite the parties’ agreements and compel arbitration of their dispute in a forum which is not one of those enumerated in an arbitration agreement’s forum selection clause”
• Rhode Island statute that rendered unenforceable any provision in a franchise agreement that restricted jurisdiction or venue to a forum outside Rhode Island was not applicable to all contracts generally and therefore the statute was preempted by the FAA

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