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Hunt v. Moore Bros., Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (2017) | 861 F.3d 655; 2017 WL 2803180; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 11607
TL;DR: An attorney was sanctioned for making objectively unreasonable arguments against enforcing an arbitration agreement. The court affirmed, emphasizing the Federal Arbitration Act's strong policy favoring arbitration and its preemption of contrary state law, even where parties fail to select an arbitrator.
Legal Significance: An arbitration clause is enforceable under the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) even if it lacks a specific arbitrator selection method. The FAA provides a default judicial appointment mechanism, preempting state law that would deem such a clause an unenforceable "agreement to agree."