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BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCH. v. SHAVER PARTNERSHIP

No. 94.

279 S.E.2d 816 (1981)

BURKE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION v. The SHAVER PARTNERSHIP.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

July 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Simpson, Aycock & Beyer, P. A., by Samuel E. Aycock, Morganton, for plaintiff-appellee.

Moore & Van Allen by Jeffrey J. Davis, Charlotte, for defendant-appellant.

EXUM, Justice.

This appeal presents two questions. First, whether the contract between plaintiff and defendant is "a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" within the meaning of § 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act.3 We conclude that it is. Second, whether the Federal Arbitration Act must be applied in state courts. We hold, for reasons given, that it must.

Defendant is a multi-state architectural firm which,...

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