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· 2/21/1984

Orchards v. United States

Citations

  • 4 Cl. Ct. 601
  • 1984 U.S. Claims LEXIS 1482

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that the issues that merit review despite failure to preserve fall into an “extraordinary' category”' of cases
  • holding that a nonsignatory employee and a nonsignatory corporate sister of a signatory corporation may compel arbitration against signatory plaintiffs
  • holding that a principal’s agents, employees, and representatives were covered under the terms of arbitration agreements that bound the principal
  • holding that arbitration agreement of employer bound employee even though employee did not sign agreement
  • holding that comment on the defense's failure to explain 8 introduced testimony or evidence does not infringe on defendant's Fifth Amendment rights
  • holding that client could be compelled to arbitrate ERISA claims made against stockbroker and sister corporation, which were based on investment decisions made by brokerage firm, which had arbitration agreement with client

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Judges: Miller

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