No. 23-1051

Great American Insurance Company v. Crystal Shores Owners Association, Inc.

Lower Court: Alabama
Docketed: 2024-03-25
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (1)Response Waived Experienced Counsel
Tags: binding-resolution contract-interpretation dispute-resolution federal-arbitration-act federal-law-vs-state-law independent-appraisal independent-appraisal-panel statutory-construction
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Latest Conference: 2024-05-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Does federal law or state law govern what qualifies as an "arbitration" provision under the Federal Arbitration Act?

II. Does a contract's dispute resolution provision requiring parties to submit property loss valuation disputes to an independent appraisal panel for binding resolution qualify as "arbitration" under the FAA?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does federal law or state law govern what qualifies as an arbitration' provision under the Federal Arbitration Act?

Docket Entries

2024-05-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-04-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/16/2024.
2024-04-25
Waiver of right of respondent Crystal Shores Owners Association, Inc. to respond filed.
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2024-04-22
Brief amicus curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation filed.
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2024-03-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 24, 2024)
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Attorneys

Atlantic Legal Foundation
Lawrence S. Ebner — Atlantic Legal Foundation, Amicus
Crystal Shores Owners Association, Inc.
Jonathon Roberts Law — Daniell, Upton, Anderson, Law & Busby, PC, Respondent
Great American Insurance Company
Scott Burnett Smith — Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, Petitioner