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|date=1997 | |date=1997 | ||
|subject=Contracts | |subject=Contracts | ||
|case_treatment=No | |||
|facts=The plaintiff ordered a computer on the phone from the defendant. Enclosed in the box of the computer was a list of terms to govern the purchase, including an arbitration clause and the statement that if the buyer did not agree to the terms then they should return the product. The plaintiff argued that they never truly read the terms, and that the terms do not constitute a valid contract, and filed a suit in federal court. | |facts=The plaintiff ordered a computer on the phone from the defendant. Enclosed in the box of the computer was a list of terms to govern the purchase, including an arbitration clause and the statement that if the buyer did not agree to the terms then they should return the product. The plaintiff argued that they never truly read the terms, and that the terms do not constitute a valid contract, and filed a suit in federal court. | ||
|procedural_history=Defendant asked the court to enforce the arbitration clause, but the judge wrote that the record was insufficient to support a finding of a valid arbitration agreement between the parties and that the plaintiffs were not given an adequate notice of the arbitration clause. | |procedural_history=Defendant asked the court to enforce the arbitration clause, but the judge wrote that the record was insufficient to support a finding of a valid arbitration agreement between the parties and that the plaintiffs were not given an adequate notice of the arbitration clause. |