MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Exalon Industries, Inc.

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• analogizing to defendant who questions personal jurisdiction, does not appear, and plaintiff obtains default judgment; if court later finds personal jurisdiction, defendant must abide by default judgment
• a person who has not been a party to the arbitration is not bound by section 12 from arguing that there was no agreement to arbitrate
• arbitration agreements are \embodied in whatever contract [the parties] may have entered into\
• arbitration agreements are “embodied in whatever contract [the parties] may have entered into”
• \no indication that Congress intended for a party to be found to have waived the argument that there was no written agreement to arbitrate if that party failed to raise the argument within the time period established by section 12 [of the FAA]\
• “no indication that Congress intended for a party to be found to have waived the argument that there was no written agreement to arbitrate if that party failed to raise the argument within the time period established by section 12 [of the FAA]”

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