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002226P.pdf   05/01/2001  Dominium Austin  v.  M. J. Emerson
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  00-2226
   District of Minnesota   
   Civil case - arbitration. At time case was filed, individual who, 
   if added, would destroy diversity jurisdiction was not a necessary 
   party, and district court did not err in denying motion to dismiss 
   under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(7); valid forum selection clause created 
   jurisdiction in Minnesota; district court did not err in refusing to 
   abstain; question of whether parties were fraudulently induced to 
   adopt the entire package of amendments to the partnership 
   agreement was an issue for the arbitrator; court did not err in 
   compelling defendants to arbitrate their claims as individuals, 
   as opposed to as a class.