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Timestamp: 2017-02-26 03:30:43
Document Index: 343896925

Matched Legal Cases: ['§2301', '§2', '§1', '§10', '§78', '§1961', '§12', '§77', '§2', '§2', '§2']

MICHAEL BOROWIEC ET AL., APPELLEES,v.GATEWAY 2000, INC., APPELLANT.
In June 2000, Borowiec filed a complaint against Gateway in the circuit court of Cook County. In the complaint, Borowiec alleged that the computer had numerous defects and non-conformities. Borowiec also alleged that Gateway refused to perform on-site repair of the computer. As a consequence, Borowiec delivered the computer to Gateway on numerous occasions for repair. Gateway was unable to repair the computer to Borowiec's satisfaction. On May 13, 2000, Borowiec revoked his acceptance of the computer. The complaint sought damages for breach of written and implied warranties pursuant to the Magnuson-Moss Warranty-Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act (Magnuson-Moss Act or MMWA) (15 U.S.C. §2301 et seq. (1994)), violation of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act *fn1 (Consumer Fraud Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1998)), and common law fraud.
In October 2001, the Kobiks filed a complaint against Gateway in the circuit court of Cook County. In the complaint, the Kobiks alleged that the computer had numerous defects and non-conformities, including a defective hard drive. The Kobiks also alleged that Gateway refused to perform on-site repair of the computer. As a consequence, the Kobiks delivered the computer to Gateway on numerous occasions for repair. Gateway was unable to repair the computer and the Kobiks lost confidence in the computer's reliability. On August 30, 2001, the Kobiks revoked their acceptance of the computer. The complaint sought damages for breach of written and implied warranties pursuant to the Magnuson-Moss Act and violation of the Consumer Fraud Act.
In November 2001, Waldron filed a complaint against Gateway in the circuit court of Cook County. In the complaint, Waldron alleged that shortly after the purchase the computer exhibited numerous defects and non-conformities, including a defective CD-ROM, motherboard, power supply, and processor. Waldron also alleged that Gateway refused to perform on-site repair of the computer and required that Waldron bring the computer to Gateway's facility for repairs. Waldron delivered the computer to Gateway on numerous occasions for repair. Gateway was unable to repair the computer, and Waldron lost confidence in the computer's reliability. On October 1, 2001, Waldron revoked her acceptance of the computer. The complaint sought damages for breach of written and implied warranties pursuant to the Magnuson-Moss Act, revocation of acceptance pursuant to the Magnuson-Moss Act, and violation of the Consumer Fraud Act.
"A written provision in any maritime transaction or a contract
or transaction *** shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable,
revocation of any contract." 9 U.S.C. §2 (1994).
"It is by now clear that statutory claims may be the subject of
an arbitration agreement, enforceable pursuant to the FAA. Indeed,
in recent years we have held enforceable arbitration agreements
relating to claims arising under the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. §§1-7;
§10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, 15 U.S.C. §78j(b);
the civil provisions of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. §1961 et seq.; and §12(2) of
the Securities Act of 1933, 15 U.S.C. §77l(2). [Citations.] In
these cases we recognized that `[b]y agreeing to arbitrate a
afforded by the statute; it only submits to their resolution in an
arbitral, rather than a judicial, forum.' [Citation.]
Although all statutory claims may not be appropriate for
arbitration, `[h]aving made the bargain to arbitrate, the party
should be held to it unless Congress itself has evinced an
intention to preclude a waiver of judicial remedies for the
statutory rights at issue.' [Citation.] In this regard, we note
that the burden is on [the plaintiff] to show that Congress
intended to preclude a waiver of a judicial forum for [the
statutory] claims. [Citation.] If such an intention exists, it
will be discoverable in the text of the [act], its legislative
history, or an `inherent conflict' between arbitration and the
[act's] underlying purposes. [Citation.] Throughout such an
inquiry, it should be kept in mind that `questions of
arbitrability must be addressed with a healthy regard for the
federal policy favoring arbitration.' " Gilmer, 500 U.S. at 26,
114 L. Ed. 2d at 37, 111 S. Ct. at 1652.
"In Southland, we held that §2 of the FAA applies in state as well
as federal courts [citation] and `withdr[aws] the power of the
states to require a judicial forum for the resolution of claims
which the contracting parties agreed to resolve by arbitration,'
[citation]. We noted in the pathmarking Southland decision that
the FAA established a `broad principle of enforceability,'
[citation], and that §2 of the federal Act provided for revocation
of arbitration agreements only upon `grounds as exist at law or in
equity for the revocation of any contract.' In Perry, we
reiterated: `[S]tate law, whether of legislative or judicial
origin, is applicable if that law arose to govern issues
concerning the validity, revocability, and enforceability of
contracts generally. A state-law principle that takes its meaning
precisely from the fact that a contract to arbitrate is at issue
does not comport with [the text of §2].'[Citation.]" (Emphasis in
"When we review an agency's construction of a statute that it
administers, we must defer to that agency's interpretation of the
statute if: (1) Congress has not spoken directly to the issue; and
(2) the agency's interpretation `is based on a permissible
construction of the statute.' [Citation.] `The judiciary is the
final authority on issues of statutory construction and must
reject administrative constructions which are contrary to clear
congressional intent ... . If a court, employing traditional tools
of statutory construction, ascertains that ...