153406P.pdf   11/14/2016  Eddie Robinson  v.  EOR-ARK, LLC
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  15-3406
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - El Dorado   
   [PUBLISHED] [Murphy, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Smith, Circuit 
   Judge] 
   Civil case - Arbitration. The arbitration agreement plaintiff's decedent 
   signed was enforceable under Arkansas law even if the National Arbitration 
   Forum, one of the listed fora, was no longer able to provide arbitration 
   services; since other fora were listed in the agreement and were 
   available, there was no lapse in naming an arbitrator, and the parties are 
   bound to arbitrate; the parties appear to accept, however, that all of the 
   listed fora are unavailable; in this situation, under Section 5 of the 
   Federal Arbitration Act, the district court must appoint a substitute 
   arbitrator for the parties; the choice of arbitrator was not integral to 
   the agreement, and the unavailability of the listed fora does not create 
   an exception to the applicability of Section 5; in order to honor the 
   arbitration agreement, it must be enforced against the nonsignatory 
   defendants.