Mehdi Noohi v. Toll Bros., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that an arbitration clause \lacks mutuality of consideration\ because it \binds only Plaintiffs to arbitration\
• noting that the use of passive voice as in “it is agreed” would refer to a mutual agreement to submit to arbitration
• acknowledging that Cheek’s rule requiring mutuality within the arbitration clause itself “gives us pause,” but ultimately rejecting the argument that it imposes a requirement on arbitration clauses that does not apply to other contracts
• upholding Maryland’s law as not preempted because it does not bar categories of arbitration claims and it treats arbitration agreements like any other contract
• affirming district court ruling that an arbitration provision was unenforceable for lack mutuality of consideration because it bound only the purchaser to arbitration
• affirming district court ruling that an arbitration provision was unenforceable for lack mutuality of consideration because it bound only the purchaser to arbitration

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