W.D. Washington· 11/4/2011
Riverside Publishing Co. v. Mercer Publishing LLC
Citations
- 829 F. Supp. 2d 1017
- 2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128262
- 2011 WL 5299593
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- finding prejudice from the plaintiff’s “forum shopping” when it belatedly moved to compel arbitration only after losing substantive pretrial motions
- noting “that neither filing a lawsuit covering an arbitrable dispute nor seeking injunctive relief in that suit are per se inconsistent with the right to compel arbitration” (emphasis omitted)
- noting “thatneither filing a lawsuit covering an arbitrable dispute nor seeking injunctive relief in that suit are per se inconsistent with the right to compel arbitration” (emphasis omitted)
- “Many courts have held that a party seeking to arbitrate a dispute nonetheless has the right to seek injunctive relief from a court. That right, however, is a right to seek equitable relief in aid of arbitration.” (emphasis omitted) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
- “Many courts have held that a party seeking to arbitrate a dispute nonetheless has the right to seek injunctive relief from a court. That right, however, is a right to seek equitable relief in aid of arbitration.” (emphasis omitted) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
- “federal law alone governs the court's waiver inquiry”
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Judges: Jones
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