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132247P.pdf 06/30/2014 Eckert/Wordell Architects, Inc v. FJM Properties of Willmar, LLC
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-2247
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota - Minneapolis
[PUBLISHED] [Bye, Author, with Melloy and Benton, Circuit Judges]
Labor - Arbitration. District court's grant of summary judgment compelling
the parties to submit to an arbitrator the question whether a
non-signatory party to a contract can compel arbitration is affirmed. The
contract contained the incorporation of AAA Rules requiring arbitration,
and provided clear and unmistakable indication the parties intended for
the arbitrator to decide threshold question of arbitrability.