Title: William D. Smallwood, Sr., et al. v. Holiday Development, LLC and Seaside Title, LLC

State: alabama

Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court

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REL: 11/13/2009 
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be 
made b e f o r e 
t h e o p i n i o n i s p r i n t e d i n 
Southern Reporter. 
SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA 
OCTOBER TERM, 2009-2010 
1081144 
W i l l i a m D. Smallwood, S r . , 
e t a l . 
v. 
H o l i d a y Development, LLC, 
and Seaside T i t l e , LLC 
1081146 
W i l l i a m D. Smallwood, S r . , 
e t a l . 
v. 
H o l i d a y Development, LLC, 
and Seaside T i t l e , LLC 
Appeals from Baldwin C i r c u i t 
Court 
(CV-06-1271 and CV-06-1299) 
1081144, 1081146 
STUART, 
J u s t i c e . 
W i l l i a m D. S m a l l w o o d , S r . , and v a r i o u s o t h e r 
i n d i v i d u a l s 
and 
b u s i n e s s 
e n t i t i e s 
t h a t 
c o n t r a c t e d 
w i t h 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t , L L C , 
t o p u r c h a s e u n i t s i n i t s p l a n n e d 
San 
C a r l o s 
c o n d o m i n i u m d e v e l o p m e n t i n G u l f S h o r e s ( t h e s e i n d i v i d u a l s 
and 
b u s i n e s s 
e n t i t i e s 
a r e 
h e r e i n a f t e r 
r e f e r r e d 
t o 
as 
" t h e 
p u r c h a s e r s " ) 
u n i t e d 
t o 
sue 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t 
and 
S e a s i d e 
T i t l e , 
L L C , 
t h e e s c r o w a g e n t h o l d i n g t h e i r d e p o s i t s , i n 
t h e 
B a l d w i n 
C i r c u i t C o u r t , 
a l l e g i n g b r e a c h 
o f c o n t r a c t and 
f r a u d , 
and s e e k i n g a r e s t r a i n i n g o r d e r p r o h i b i t i n g S e a s i d e 
T i t l e f r o m 
r e l e a s i n g t h e i r e s c r o w f u n d s t o H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t b e c a u s e , 
t h e p u r c h a s e r s 
a l l e g e d , t h e c o n s t r u c t i o n o f San C a r l o s was 
n o t 
o f t h e p r o m i s e d 
q u a l i t y . 
On 
t h e 
m o t i o n 
o f 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t , 
t h e 
t r i a l 
c o u r t 
c o m p e l l e d 
a r b i t r a t i o n p u r s u a n t 
t o 
a r b i t r a t i o n p r o v i s i o n s i n 
t h e 
c o n t r a c t s 
s i g n e d 
by 
e a c h 
o f 
t h e 
p u r c h a s e r s . 
However, 
a p p r o x i m a t e l y 
two 
y e a r s 
a f t e r 
t h e c a s e had b e e n r e f e r r e d t o 
a r b i t r a t i o n , 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r 
d i s m i s s e d 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
p r o c e e d i n g s 
b e c a u s e H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t had 
f a i l e d t o p a y i t s 
s h a r e o f t h e a r b i t r a t i o n f e e s and had s t a t e d t h a t i t w o u l d 
n o t 
p a y t h o s e f e e s b e c a u s e i t was 
f i n a n c i a l l y u n a b l e t o do s o . 
A t 
2 
1081144, 
1081146 
some p o i n t 
d u r i n g t h e t w o - y e a r p e r i o d t h e p a r t i e s 
were i n 
a r b i t r a t i o n , 
S e a s i d e 
T i t l e 
r e l e a s e d t h e p u r c h a s e r s ' 
e s c r o w 
f u n d s 
e i t h e r 
t o H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t 
o r d i r e c t l y 
t o 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t ' s 
c r e d i t o r s . 
A f t e r 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r 
d i s m i s s e d 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
p r o c e e d i n g s , 
t h e p u r c h a s e r s 
f i l e d an amended c o m p l a i n t and a 
m o t i o n f o r a d e f a u l t j u d g m e n t i n t h e 
t r i a l 
c o u r t . 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t 
o p p o s e d t h e m o t i o n f o r a d e f a u l t j u d g m e n t 
and 
a r g u e d t o t h e t r i a l 
c o u r t t h a t t h e c o u r t was r e q u i r e d by t h e 
F e d e r a l A r b i t r a t i o n A c t , 9 U.S.C. § 1 e t s e q . ( " t h e F A A " ) , t o 
e n f o r c e t h e o r d e r e n t e r e d by t h e a r b i t r a t o r and t o e n t e r 
an 
o r d e r 
o f d i s m i s s a l e x a c t l y as t h e a r b i t r a t o r h a d done. 
On 
A p r i l 24, 2009, t h e t r i a l c o u r t g r a n t e d H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t ' s 
r e q u e s t and d i s m i s s e d t h e c a s e . 
I t s u b s e q u e n t l y 
m o d i f i e d i t s 
o r d e r t o c l a r i f y t h a t t h e c l a i m s t h e p u r c h a s e r s 
h a d a s s e r t e d 
a g a i n s t 
S e a s i d e 
T i t l e 
were 
a l s o d i s m i s s e d . 
The 
p u r c h a s e r s 
a p p e a l ; we r e v e r s e and 
remand. 
F r o m 
t h e r e c o r d 
b e f o r e 
u s , i t a p p e a r s t h a t 
t h e 
t r i a l 
c o u r t 
d i s m i s s e d 
t h e 
p u r c h a s e r s ' 
c l a i m s 
a g a i n s t 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t and S e a s i d e 
T i t l e b e c a u s e i t u n d e r s t o o d 
t h a t t h a t 
was what i t was r e q u i r e d t o do so p u r s u a n t 
t o t h e FAA. 
S u c h 
3 
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an u n d e r s t a n d i n g was l i k e l y b a s e d on s t a t e m e n t s made by t h i s 
C o u r t 
i n d i c a t i n g t h a t 
c o u r t s 
must 
e n f o r c e 
a w a r d s made i n 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
u n l e s s 
t h e a g g r i e v e d 
p a r t y 
p r o p e r l y 
e s t a b l i s h e s 
t h a t 
t h e a w a r d 
s h o u l d 
be v a c a t e d 
b a s e d 
upon one o f t h e 
f o l l o w i n g g r o u n d s e n u m e r a t e d i n 
§ 1 0 ( a ) o f t h e 
F A A : 
" 1 ) 
where t h e a w a r d was p r o c u r e d by 
c o r r u p t i o n , 
f r a u d , o r undue m e a n s ; 
"2) 
where 
t h e r e 
was 
e v i d e n t 
p a r t i a l i t y 
o r 
c o r r u p t i o n 
i n t h e a r b i t r a t o r s , o r e i t h e r o f 
t h e m ; 
"3) 
where t h e a r b i t r a t o r s were g u i l t y o f m i s c o n d u c t 
i n 
r e f u s i n g 
t o p o s t p o n e 
t h e h e a r i n g , 
upon 
s u f f i c i e n t c a u s e shown, o r i n r e f u s i n g t o h e a r 
e v i d e n c e 
p e r t i n e n t 
a n d 
m a t e r i a l 
t o 
t h e 
c o n t r o v e r s y ; 
o r o f any o t h e r 
m i s b e h a v i o r b y 
w h i c h 
t h e 
r i g h t s 
o f any 
p a r t y 
have 
b e e n 
p r e j u d i c e d ; o r 
"4) 
where t h e a r b i t r a t o r s e x c e e d e d t h e i r p o w e r s , o r 
so 
i m p e r f e c t l y 
e x e c u t e d 
them 
t h a t 
a 
m u t u a l , 
f i n a l , 
a n d 
d e f i n i t e a w a r d 
upon 
t h e 
s u b j e c t 
m a t t e r s u b m i t t e d was n o t made." 
See 
H e r e f o r d 
v. D.R. H o r t o n , I n c . , 
13 So. 3d 375, 381 ( A l a . 
200 9) 
( " [ B ] e c a u s e 
[ t h e a p p e l l a n t ] 
h a s n o t a r g u e d 
t h a t 
t h i s 
C o u r t s h o u l d 
v a c a t e t h e d e c i s i o n o f t h e a r b i t r a t o r on any o f 
t h e 
g r o u n d s 
s p e c i f i e d i n § 1 0 ( a ) o f t h e [ F A A ] , she h a s n o t 
d e m o n s t r a t e d 
t h a t she i s e n t i t l e d t o r e l i e f 
f r o m t h e 
t r i a l 
c o u r t ' s 
d e c i s i o n 
c o n f i r m i n g 
t h e a r b i t r a t o r ' s d e c i s i o n . " ) ; 
4 
1081144, 1081146 
H o r t o n Homes, I n c . v. S h a n e r , 999 
So. 
2d 
462, 
467 
n. 
2 
( A l a . 
2008) 
("We 
r e i t e r a t e 
t h a t a p a r t y d e s i r i n g 
j u d i c i a l r e v i e w 
o f 
an 
a r b i t r a t i o n a w a r d i n a p r o c e e d i n g 
s u b j e c t 
t o t h e 
[FAA] 
i s 
l i m i t e d 
t o a r g u m e n t s b a s e d on 
t h o s e g r o u n d s e n u m e r a t e d i n 9 
U.S.C. § 10, w h i c h e n c o m p a s s e s t h e g r o u n d s o f r e v i e w 
l i s t e d i n 
§ 6-6-14, A l a . Code 1 9 7 5 . " ) ; and 
H a l l 
S t r e e t A s s o c s . , L.L.C.  
v. 
M a t t e l , 
I n c . , 
552 
U.S. 
57 6, 
, 128 
S. 
C t . 
1396, 
1402 
(2008) ("Under t h e t e r m s o f § 9 [ o f t h e F A A ] , 
a c o u r t ' m u s t ' 
c o n f i r m an a r b i t r a t i o n a w a r d ' u n l e s s ' i t i s v a c a t e d , 
m o d i f i e d , 
o r 
c o r r e c t e d 
' a s 
p r e s c r i b e d ' i n §§ 
10 
and 
11. 
S e c t i o n 
10 
l i s t s 
g r o u n d s f o r v a c a t i n g 
an a w a r d , w h i l e 
§ 11 names t h o s e 
f o r m o d i f y i n g 
o r 
c o r r e c t i n g 
o n e . " ) . 
See 
a l s o R u l e 71B, 
A l a . 
R. 
C i v . P. 
( o u t l i n i n g 
t h e p r o c e d u r e f o r s e e k i n g 
t h e r e v i e w 
o f 
an 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
a w a r d ) . 
C o l l e c t i v e l y , 
t h e 
above 
a u t h o r i t y 
s t a n d s 
f o r 
t h e 
p r i n c i p l e 
t h a t c o u r t s a r e r e q u i r e d t o c o n f i r m and 
g i v e 
e f f e c t 
t o 
an 
a r b i t r a t o r ' s 
d e c i s i o n 
u n l e s s 
one 
o f 
t h e 
g r o u n d s 
e n u m e r a t e d i n § 10 
o f 
t h e 
FAA 
has 
b e e n e s t a b l i s h e d . 
I n 
t h e 
p r e s e n t 
c a s e , t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r 
e n t e r e d 
two 
o r d e r s 
a r t i c u l a t i n g 
i t s d e c i s i o n and 
t h e 
r a t i o n a l e 
u n d e r l y i n g 
i t . On J a n u a r y 
28, 
5 
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1081146 
2009, t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r 
e n t e r e d an o r d e r m a k i n g t h e 
f o l l o w i n g 
f i n d i n g s and 
o r d e r : 
" 1 . 
H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t , LLC, i s i n b r e a c h 
o f t h e 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
a g r e e m e n t s 
b e t w e e n 
H o l i d a y 
and 
t h e 
[ p u r c h a s e r s ] . 
I t i s u n d i s p u t e d 
t h a t 
H o l i d a y 
has 
f a i l e d 
t o 
p a y 
t h e 
d e p o s i t 
f o r 
a r b i t r a t o r 
c o m p e n s a t i o n 
( ' D e p o s i t ' ) 
r e q u i r e d by t h e A m e r i c a n 
A r b i t r a t i o n 
A s s o c i a t i o n p u r s u a n t t o t h e C o n s t r u c t i o n 
I n d u s t r y 
D i s p u t e 
R e s o l u t i o n P r o c e d u r e s . 
T h r o u g h 
c o u n s e l , 
H o l i d a y has 
i n d i c a t e d 
t h a t i t c a n n o t 
p a y 
t h e D e p o s i t . 
F a i l u r e 
t o p a y i s a m a t e r i a l b r e a c h o f 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
a g r e e m e n t s b e t w e e n t h e 
[ p u r c h a s e r s ] 
and H o l i d a y . 
"2. 
A t 
t h e 
h e a r i n g , 
c o u n s e l 
f o r S e a s i d e 
[ T i t l e , 
LLC,] 
i n d i c a t e d 
t h a t h i s c l i e n t may 
be 
w i l l i n g t o 
p o s t 
t h e D e p o s i t 
owed by 
H o l i d a y . 
I t i s o r d e r e d 
t h a t S e a s i d e 
s h a l l have u n t i l F e b r u a r y 11, 2009, t o 
p a y 
t h i s 
D e p o s i t 
on 
b e h a l f 
o f 
H o l i d a y . 
I f t h e 
D e p o s i t i s p a i d , t h e n 
t h i s m a t t e r 
w i l l be 
s c h e d u l e d 
f o r a h e a r i n g as s o o n as 
p o s s i b l e . 
"3. I n t h e e v e n t S e a s i d e does n o t p a y t h e D e p o s i t on 
o r 
b e f o r e 
F e b r u a r y 
11, 
2009, 
t h i s 
c a s e 
s h a l l 
a u t o m a t i c a l l y 
be 
remanded 
t o 
t h e 
B a l d w i n 
C o u n t y 
C i r c u i t 
C o u r t 
o f t h e S t a t e o f A l a b a m a 
f o r f u r t h e r 
p r o c e e d i n g s . 
"4. [The p u r c h a s e r s ' ] r e q u e s t f o r a d e f a u l t j u d g m e n t 
i s 
d e n i e d . 
The 
A r b i t r a t o r 
does n o t h a v e t h e 
l e g a l 
a u t h o r i t y t o e n t e r a d e f a u l t i n t h i s m a t t e r due t o 
t h e 
f a i l u r e o f H o l i d a y t o p a y t h e D e p o s i t . 
"5. I n t h e e v e n t o f t h e remand n o t e d i n P a r a g r a p h 
3, 
t h e n 
t h i s 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
w i l l 
be 
c l o s e d . 
The 
A r b i t r a t o r ' s 
f e e s and e x p e n s e s i n t h i s m a t t e r 
t o t a l 
$ 1 , 9 0 0 . 0 0 . 
F i f t y p e r c e n t 
(50%) o f t h e s e 
f e e s 
and 
e x p e n s e s o r $950.00 
s h a l l be p a i d f r o m t h e d e p o s i t 
made by 
t h e 
[ p u r c h a s e r s ] 
w i t h 
t h e AAA 
[ A m e r i c a n 
A r b i t r a t i o n 
A s s o c i a t i o n ] and 
f i f t y p e r c e n t 
(50%) o r 
6 
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$ 
950.00 
s h a l l 
be 
p a i d 
f r o m 
t h e d e p o s i t s made 
by 
S e a s i d e 
T i t l e [ , 
L L C , ] 
w i t h 
t h e 
AAA. 
The 
[ p u r c h a s e r s ] and 
S e a s i d e 
s h a l l 
h a v e 
t h e 
r i g h t 
t o 
r e c o v e r 
a l l o f 
t h e s e 
f u n d s 
f r o m 
H o l i d a y 
i n t h e 
c i r c u i t 
c o u r t 
a c t i o n . 
H o l i d a y i s l i a b l e 
f o r s u c h 
c o s t s . 
The 
u n u s e d 
b a l a n c e 
o f 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r 
c o m p e n s a t i o n 
d e p o s i t s p a i d by t h e [ p u r c h a s e r s ] and 
S e a s i d e 
s h a l l be r e f u n d e d t o them." 
On M a r c h 27, 2009, t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r 
e n t e r e d 
a 
" f i n a l 
o r d e r " 
s t a t i n g : 
"On J a n u a r y 28, 2009, I o r d e r e d t h a t t h i s 
m a t t e r 
s h a l l be remanded 
t o [ t h e ] B a l d w i n 
C o u n t y 
C i r c u i t 
C o u r t 
o f 
t h e 
S t a t e 
o f 
A l a b a m a 
f o r 
f u r t h e r 
p r o c e e d i n g s 
i n t h e e v e n t 
S e a s i d e 
T i t l e [ , 
L L C , ] d i d 
n o t p o s t t h e p o r t i o n o f t h e D e p o s i t owed by H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t , LLC, i n t h i s m a t t e r . 
A c c o r d i n g t o t h e 
r e c o r d s o f t h e A m e r i c a n 
A r b i t r a t i o n 
A s s o c i a t i o n , no 
payment 
has 
b e e n 
r e c e i v e d . 
T h e r e f o r e , 
t h i s 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
p r o c e e d i n g 
i s 
d i s m i s s e d 
w i t h o u t 
p r e j u d i c e and t h i s 
c a s e i s remanded t o t h e B a l d w i n 
C o u n t y 
C i r c u i t 
C o u r t 
f o r t h e S t a t e o f A l a b a m a f o r 
f u r t h e r 
p r o c e e d i n g s . " 
I t 
i s e v i d e n t 
f r o m 
t h e s e 
two 
o r d e r s 
t h a t t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r ' s 
i n t e n t 
was t o t e r m i n a t e t h e a r b i t r a t i o n 
p r o c e e d i n g s b a s e d 
on 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t ' s 
f a i l u r e 
t o 
p a y 
i t s s h a r e 
o f 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
f e e s 
and t o "remand" 
t h e c a s e 
t o t h e 
B a l d w i n 
C i r c u i t 
C o u r t 
f o r t h e p u r c h a s e r s 
t o p r o s e c u t e 
t h e i r 
c l a i m s 
t h e r e . 
The 
t r i a l c o u r t was r e q u i r e d by t h e FAA t o g i v e e f f e c t t o 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r ' s 
d e c i s i o n . 
I t a p p e a r s 
t h a t t h e 
t r i a l 
c o u r t 
7 
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was 
c o g n i z a n t 
o f 
t h a t 
f a c t , 
and 
i t a t t e m p t e d 
t o 
do 
so 
by 
e n t e r i n g 
an 
o r d e r 
g r a n t i n g H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t ' s " m o t i o n 
t o 
e n f o r c e 
t h e 
f i n a l 
o r d e r 
o f 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r " 
and 
s e e k i n g 
d i s m i s s a l o f t h e c a s e . 
H o w e v e r , a l t h o u g h 
t h e 
t r i a l 
c o u r t 
was 
c o r r e c t 
t h a t 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r ' s 
o r d e r 
s h o u l d 
be 
e n f o r c e d , 
i t 
e r r e d 
i n c o n c l u d i n g 
t h a t i t c o u l d do 
so by 
s i m p l y 
r e p e a t i n g 
t h e 
a c t i o n t a k e n 
by 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r 
and 
d i s m i s s i n g t h e 
c a s e . 
The 
p r o p e r way 
f o r t h e 
t r i a l c o u r t t o g i v e e f f e c t t o t h e 
o r d e r 
o f 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t o r w o u l d h a v e b e e n t o 
s c h e d u l e 
t h e 
" f u r t h e r 
p r o c e e d i n g s " 
n e c e s s a r y 
f o r 
t h e 
p u r c h a s e r s 
t o 
p u r s u e 
t h e i r 
c l a i m s 
a g a i n s t 
H o l i d a y 
D e v e l o p m e n t 
and 
S e a s i d e 
T i t l e . 
A c c o r d i n g l y , 
t h e 
t r i a l 
c o u r t ' s 
o r d e r 
d i s m i s s i n g 
t h e 
p u r c h a s e r s ' c l a i m s i s r e v e r s e d and 
t h e c a u s e i s remanded f o r 
f u r t h e r p r o c e e d i n g s 
t o g i v e t h e p u r c h a s e r s 
an o p p o r t u n i t y 
t o 
p r o v e 
t h e i r 
c l a i m s 
a g a i n s t 
H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t 
and 
S e a s i d e 
T i t l e .
1 
1 T h i s 
h o l d i n g i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h o u r 
c a s e l a w 
i n d i c a t i n g 
t h a t , e v e n t h o u g h two p a r t i e s may h a v e c o n t r a c t u a l l y a g r e e d t o 
a r b i t r a t e any d i s p u t e s t h a t a r i s e b e t w e e n them, s u c h d i s p u t e s 
may 
n e v e r t h e l e s s 
be 
r e s o l v e d 
i n t h e 
c o u r t 
s y s t e m 
i f 
e i t h e r 
p a r t y w a i v e s i t s r i g h t 
t o c o m p e l t h e 
o t h e r 
t o 
a r b i t r a t e i t s 
c l a i m s . 
As 
we 
e x p l a i n e d i n C o m p a n i o n 
L i f e 
I n s u r a n c e 
Co. 
v. 
 
W h i t e s e l l 
M a n u f a c t u r i n g , 
I n c . , 
670 
So. 
2d 
8 
97 , 
899 
( A l a . 
1 9 9 5 ) : 
" I t 
i s w e l l 
s e t t l e d 
u n d e r A l a b a m a 
l a w 
t h a t 
a 
8 
1081144, 1081146 
1081144 -- REVERSED AND REMANDED. 
1081146 -- REVERSED AND REMANDED. 
Cobb, C . J . , 
a n d L y o n s , 
B o l i n , a n d M u r d o c k , J J . , c o n c u r . 
p a r t y may w a i v e 
i t s r i g h t t o a r b i t r a t e a d i s p u t e 
i f 
i t 
s u b s t a n t i a l l y 
i n v o k e s t h e l i t i g a t i o n p r o c e s s a n d 
t h e r e b y s u b s t a n t i a l l y p r e j u d i c e s t h e p a r t y 
o p p o s i n g 
a r b i t r a t i o n . 
W h e t h e r a p a r t y ' s p a r t i c i p a t i o n i n 
an 
a c t i o n amounts t o an e n f o r c e a b l e w a i v e r o f i t s r i g h t 
t o 
a r b i t r a t e 
d e p e n d s on w h e t h e r t h e p a r t i c i p a t i o n 
b e s p e a k s o f an i n t e n t i o n 
t o abandon t h e r i g h t i n 
f a v o r o f t h e j u d i c i a l 
p r o c e s s a n d , i f 
s o , w h e t h e r 
t h e 
o p p o s i n g 
p a r t y 
w o u l d 
be 
p r e j u d i c e d 
by 
a 
s u b s e q u e n t 
o r d e r 
r e q u i r i n g 
i t t o 
s u b m i t 
t o 
a r b i t r a t i o n . 
No r i g i d 
r u l e 
e x i s t s f o r d e t e r m i n i n g 
what c o n s t i t u t e s a w a i v e r o f t h e r i g h t t o a r b i t r a t e ; 
t h e 
d e t e r m i n a t i o n as t o w h e t h e r 
t h e r e h a s b e e n a 
w a i v e r 
must, 
i n s t e a d , be b a s e d 
on t h e p a r t i c u l a r 
f a c t s o f e a c h 
c a s e . " 
I n t h e p r e s e n t c a s e , H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t was e x p r e s s l y t o l d 
t h a t i f 
i t 
d i d 
n o t p a y i t s s h a r e o f t h e a r b i t r a t i o n f e e s 
i t s 
c a s e 
w o u l d be "remanded" t o t h e B a l d w i n 
C i r c u i t 
C o u r t f o r 
f u r t h e r p r o c e e d i n g s . 
W i t h t h a t k n o w l e d g e , H o l i d a y D e v e l o p m e n t 
e l e c t e d n o t t o p a y t h o s e 
f e e s . 
I t i s h a r d t o i m a g i n e more 
c l e a r 
e v i d e n c e 
o f an 
i n t e n t 
t o a b a n d o n 
t h e 
a r b i t r a t i o n 
p r o c e s s . 
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