Pottorf v. United States

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• holding that under South Dakota law “continued use of a credit [card] account” constitutes assent to arbitration
• applying South Dakota law and holding that use of credit card effectuates acceptance of arbitration agreement within credit card agreement
• distinguishing Jiffy Lube because the defendant’s alleged conduct was “directly related to [the] [p]laintiffs’ accounts and the contracts that govern them”
• applying South Dakota law in a dispute involving a California resident and reasoning that South Dakota has “a substantial relationship with Citibank because . . . Citibank’s primary place of business is in South Dakota”
• “Under South Dakota law, because [the plaintiff] used both cards after receiving the cardmember agreements, she assented to the arbitration agreements .... ”
• under South Dakota law “continued use of a credit [card] account” constitutes assent to arbitration

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