Banc of Cal. v. Superior Court, No. B310190, 2021 Cal. App. LEXIS 792 (Ct. App. Sep. 27, 2021)
Agreeing with Moritz v. Universal City Studios LLC (2020) 54 Cal.App.5th 238, this decision holds that even when a contract's arbitration clause clearly and expressly delegates arbitrability questions to the arbitrator, the court must decide whether the plaintiff's claim is made under a different contract that lacks an arbitration clause. Here, the bank sued to enforce a loan agreement in… Read More