Second Circuit· 10/21/2008

Ross v. American Express Co.

Citations

547 F.3d 137
39 A.L.R. Fed. 2d 621
2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 21837

How courts have described this case

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

noting that non-signatory's status as competitor of signatory undermined its claim of a close relationship
noting that the FAA reflects “a strong federal policy favoring arbitration as an alternative means of dispute resolution.”
reversing district court’s grant of a motion to compel arbitration because “[a]rbitration is a matter of contract, but the plaintiffs have not entered into any contract whatever with [the defendant], let alone any contract containing an arbitration clause”
“a complete stranger to the plaintiffs’ [contracts,] [Amex] did not sign them, it is not mentioned in them, and it performs no function whatsoever relating to their operation”
FAA reflects “a strong federal policy favoring arbitration as an alternative means of dispute resolution.”
“[T]he further necessary circumstance of some relation between Amex and the plaintiffs sufficient to demonstrate that the plaintiffs intended to arbitrate this dispute with Amex is utterly lacking here.”

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Judges: Pooler, Hall, Trager

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