Court Opinion

ID: 9936735
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:58:37.164033+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:32:52.360541
License: Public Domain

I respectfully dissent from the reversal of the circuit court's order denying Delta Construction's motion to compel specific performance of the arbitration clause in its contract with Gooden. The majority states: "Delta cannot invoke the aid of this state's courts to enforce the arbitration provision, because of its noncompliance with Alabama law. This does not end our inquiry, however. . . ." 714 So.2d at 981. I believe that it does end our inquiry. The majority seems to treat the arbitration provision as a self-executing provision. On the contrary, the question here is whether the arbitration clause should be specifically enforced at the instance of a party. Delta is disqualified from invoking it, and Gooden is not invoking it. In my view, the circuit court correctly denied Delta's motion to enforce the arbitration clause.
KENNEDY, J., concurs. *Page 982