Search : U.S. Supreme Court : Dispute Resolution & Arbitration : From 10/01/02 To 07/01/03
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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Class Actions, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration |
| Title: | GREEN TREE FIN. CORP. v. BAZZLE |
| Date: | 06/23/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-634 |
| Summary: | An arbitrator must determine whether contracts between a commercial lender and its customers, containing a clause providing for arbitration of all contract-related disputed, forbid class arbitration under South Carolina law. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Banking Law, Bankruptcy Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration |
| Title: | CITIZENS BANK v. ALAFABCO, INC. |
| Date: | 06/02/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-1295 |
| Summary: | A debt-restructuring agreement had a sufficient nexus with interstate commerce to make an arbitration provision in that agreement enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Health Law, Injury And Tort Law, Remedies |
| Title: | PACIFICARE HEALTH SYS., INC. v. BOOK |
| Date: | 04/07/03 |
| Case Number: | 02-215 |
| Summary: | Physicians' claims that managed-health-care organizations violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) can be compelled to arbitration. Questions as to remedial provisions in an arbitration agreement and availability of RICO treble damages are premature. |
| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Securities Law |
| Title: | HOWSAM v. DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC. |
| Date: | 12/10/02 |
| Case Number: | 01-800 |
| Summary: | A National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) arbitrator, rather than a district court, should apply a NASD time limit rule to an underlying dispute between an investment company and its client. |