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Prima Paint Corp v Flood & Conklin Manufacturing Co

388 U.S. 395 (1967)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of the United States
Year1967
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Under the FAA's separability doctrine, a challenge to the validity of the contract as a whole, rather than the arbitration clause specifically, must be submitted to arbitration.

Area of Law

arbitration

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