Washington Mutual Finance Group, LLC v. Bailey

How courts have described this case

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• holding that arbitration was warranted “under the principle of equitable estoppel, which precludes a party from claiming the benefits of a contract while simultaneously attempting to avoid the burdens that contract imposes as well”
• stating that equitable estoppel “precludes a party from claiming the benefits of a contract while simultaneously attempting to avoid the burdens that contract imposes”
• noting that whether state or federal law of arbitrability applies “is often an uncertain question”
• noting that whether state or federal law of arbitrability applies ″is often an uncertain question″
• noting that whether state or federal law of arbitrability applies “is often an uncertain question”
• holding “in determining whether the parties agreed to arbitrate a certain matter, courts apply the contract law of the particular state that governs the agreement”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).