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SIMULA, INC. v. AUTOLIV, INC.

No. 98-16563.

175 F.3d 716 (1999)

SIMULA, INC., an Arizona corporation; Simula Automotive Safety Devices, Inc., an Arizona corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AUTOLIV, INC., a Delaware corporation; Autoliv, AB, a Swedish corporation; Autoliv Development GMBH, a German corporation; Autoliv ASP, INC., an Indiana corporation; Autoliv North America, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 30, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Cotton, Scottsdale, Arizona, and John Alan Doran, Bryan Cave, Phoenix, Arizona, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Peter E. Greene, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York, New York, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: FLETCHER and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges, and FITZGERALD, District Judge.

TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the question of how broadly an arbitration clause containing the phrase "arising in connection with this Agreement" should be construed. The district court held that it encompassed all disputes having their origin or genesis in the contract and granted appellees' motion to compel arbitration. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we affirm.

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In 1992, Simula, Inc., and Simula Automotive...

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