P0217 REVIEW DENIED If a real estate development transaction involves interstate commerce, parties to it are bound by an arbitration agreement in spite of a California statute that permits a home buyer to sue for construction defects regardless of agreement to the contrary; a builder who did not initial the arbitration clause in such an agreement may enforce it if s/he intended to be bound by it.CitationBASURA v US HOME (Uninitialed Arbitration Clauses) 98 CA4 1205 [See: CCP 1298.7; 9 USC 1 etseq; Villa Milano v Davorge 84 CA4 819, T/AT 12/00; Doctor's Associates v Casarotto 517 US 681; Banner v Superior Court 62 CA4 348, T/AT 4/98]
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