Williams Industries, Inc. v. Earth Development Systems Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding party resisting arbitration “failed to carry its heavy burden of showing actual prejudice because it offered no evidence in support”
• stating payment of arbitration fees alone cannot constitute prejudice absent a showing, for example, that what the arbitration opponent had already expended in the suit equaled or exceeded arbitration fees
• “Each of these extra-contractual claims arose out of, related to, or ‘touched matters’ covered by the two subcontracts and were thus covered by the arbitration agreement.”
• opponent failed to carry its burden of showing actual prejudice because it presented no evidence in support of expenses directly related to actions of proponent of arbitration
• no showing of prejudice without supporting evidence
• no showing of prejudice without supporting evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).