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· 5/21/1987

Patten Securities Corp., Inc. v. Diamond Greyhound & Genetics, Inc.

Citations

  • 819 F.2d 400
  • 55 U.S.L.W. 2647
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 6527

How courts have described this case

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

  • describing a provision combining a choice of law clause and a consent to jurisdiction clause as a forum selection clause
  • characterizing the issue as \whether a forum selection clause is a waiver of NASD arbitration\
  • finding under federal law and a presumption in favor of arbitration that an arbitration obligation and a forum selection clause in separate agreements are both in effect because “arbitration awards are not self enforceable”
  • \A party signing a waiver must know what rights it is waiving.\

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Judges: Gibbons, Seitz, Aldisert

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