Wells v. Chevy Chase Bank, F.S.B.

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• holding that Maryland law on appealability was not preempted because it does not undermine the goals of the FAA, noting that most courts reach this conclusion
• finding general state appeals statute that recognizes order compelling arbitration to be appealable not preempted by § 16(b)(2) of the FAA
• applying the doctrine to avoid deciding whether a Maryland statute was preempted by federal law
• stating, in a case concerning whether there existed a valid agreement to arbitrate, that “[t]he interpretation of a written contract is ordinarily a question of law for the court and, therefore, is subject to de novo review by an appellate court”
• “§ 4 of the [Federal Act] . . . expressly deal[s] only with the procedure to be followed by the federal courts”
• where parties agreed to arbitrate disputes and agreed that Maryland law applied, Maryland’s laws governing appealability of an order compelling arbitration applied

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