Major Cadillac, Inc. v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that a party knew arbitration clause existed because the party had drafted the contract
• explaining that prejudice can be found “when a party’s time and funds are expended because that party has not received the benefits of arbitration: efficient and low-cost resolution of disputes” (citation omitted)
• finding waiver where defendant filed and spent eight months litigating motion to remove and motion to dismiss
• finding prejudice where party spent eight months litigating, thereby denying opposing party an efficient, low-cost resolution of their disputes
• “GM acted inconsistently with a right to arbitrate when it removed the case to federal court, requested a change of circuit court judge, and filed motions to dismiss in the federal court and the circuit court.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).