Osteen v. T.E. Cuttino Construction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the governing law provision of a contract, although separate from the arbitration agreement clause, “indicates the parties’ agreement to have the validity and construction of the contract determined by arbitrators according to the substantive law”
• holding that the governing law provision of a contract, although separate from the arbitration agreement clause, \indicates the parties' agreement to have the validity and construction of the contract determined by arbitrators according to the substantive law\
• holding formal requirements of section 15-48-10(a) must be met before the dispute can be subject to arbitration
• where contract involves interstate commerce, state law regarding arbitration is supplanted by federal substantive law
• “It is undisputed that the contract does not conform to the requirements of section 15-48-10(a).’ 1
• where an arbitration agreement was ambiguous, and no extrinsic evidence of intent of the parties was presented, the court interpreted a choice-of-law provision in an arbitration agreement to require the arbitrators to apply New York substantive law, but not New York arbitration law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).