Liberty Global, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that an arbitration agreement under which the parties agreed to arbitrate “any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to payments to [plaintiff] by [defendant]” was “broadly inclusive when it comes to payments”
• stating that we determine arbitrability under the Federal Arbitration Act by evaluating “the factual underpinnings of the complaint”
• stating that in assessing whether a matter is arbitrable, “we evaluate the factual underpinnings of the complaint rather than merely considering the labels attached to each of the causes of action it contains”
• concluding “arising out of or relating to” language is broad (emphasis omitted)
• “Focusing on the facts rather than on a choice of legal labels prevents a creative and artful pleader from drafting around an otherwise-applicable arbitration clause.”
• explaining how to determine whether an arbitration clause is broad or narrow in scope

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).