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· 6/18/1991

McGuire, Cornwell & Blakey v. Grider

Citations

  • 765 F. Supp. 1048
  • 1991 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 8427
  • 1991 WL 107993

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that attorney arbitration clauses “do not prospectively limit lawyer liability to the client. Rather, they merely shift determination of the malpractice claim to a different forum.”
  • noting that while challenges to the making or enforcement of a contract containing an arbitration clause “are to be decided by the arbitrator,” courts may determine the validity of the arbitration clause itself
  • granting a petition to compel arbitration and ordering the stay of related state court proceedings

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Judges: Babcock

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