SMITH v. AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASS'N, INC.

No. 00-1204.

233 F.3d 502 (2000)

Lisa A. SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION, INC. and Argenbright, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 25, 2000.

Opinion December 1, 2000.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas L. Prochnow, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, IL, Mark J. Briol (argued), Minneapolis, MN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Barry Levenstam, Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, Daniel J. King (argued), King & Spalding, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before POSNER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 16, 2001.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff appeals from the dismissal under Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6) of her far-ranging challenge to standard arbitration procedure. She had made a contract to sell defendant Argenbright her controlling interest in the PIMMS Corporation for some $65 million. The contract provided that disputes under it would be resolved by arbitration in Chicago "in accordance with the rules and...

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