Stevens/Leinweber/Sullens, Inc. v. Holm Development & Management, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• concluding that “the doctrine of separability is inherent in the language of A.R.S. § 12-1501”
• voiding arbitration provision allowing one party “absolute option of selecting either arbitration or litigation as the means of dispute resolution”
• dismissing on other grounds a state law claim 26 for negligent assignment of duties asserted against the police chief
• finding arbitration agreement unenforceable when one party’s discretion over dispute-resolution process was “grossly inequitable”
• finding arbitration agreement unenforceable when one party’s discretion over dispute-resolution process was “grossly inequitable”
• “Because ... the arbitration provision is an independent and separate agreement, [the defendant] cannot ‘borrow1 consideration from the principal contract to support the arbitration provision.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).