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SANDERS v. SAVANNAH HIGHWAY AUTO.

Opinion No. 28168.

440 S.C. 377 (2023)

892 S.E.2d 112

Cleo SANDERS, Respondent, v. SAVANNAH HIGHWAY AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY, a General Partnership d/b/a Rick Hendrick Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram; Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.; Isiah S. White; Danny Anderson; and Patrick Bachrodt Jr., Defendants, of which Savannah Highway Automotive Company, a General Partnership d/b/a Rick Hendrick Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram, and Isiah S. White are the Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed July 26, 2023.

Rehearing Denied September 27, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Thomas Lay Jr. and Jessica Waller Laffitte , of Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA, of Columbia, for Petitioners.

C. Steven Moskos , of C. Steven Moskos, PA, of Charleston, and Brooks Robert Fudenberg , of Law Office of Brooks R. Fudenberg, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

James Y. Becker and Robert Lawrence Reibold , of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae the South Carolina Automobile Dealers Association.

The Federal Arbitration Act1 (FAA) sometimes requires the arbitrator to decide not only the merits of a dispute but also the gateway question of whether the dispute is arbitrable in the first instance. Petitioners Rick Hendrick Dodge Chrysler Jeep Ram (Rick Hendrick Dodge) and Isiah White contend this...

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