Arbitration
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Case Details
Judge Michael Mills of the Northern District of Mississippi granted a motion to compel arbitration in a case which had been pending since January 2013.
Additional Notes
Over the past five (5) years, the Court has requested discovery regarding certain, specific facts as well as additional briefing on Mississippi law several times. In the instant case there could be no dispute that the principal granted actual authority to her agent, albeit verbally instead of through a written instrument. The Northern District stated that if the Northern District’s previous decision in “Gross had been affirmed, then this case would be quite easy, and it seems doubtful that the motion to compel arbitration would have been filed at all.” However, since it was now the Northern District’s duty “to apply the law as established by the “Fifth Circuit,” the Northern District was compelled to refer the matter to binding arbitration.