P1357 A subcontract that incorporated dispute resolution provisions of the prime contract, which stated that the law of the place where it was to be performed would govern, thereby incorporated the choice of law provision as well; a California court has discretion to deny a motion to compel arbitration on the ground that one of the parties is in litigation regarding the same transaction with a nonsignatory to the arbitration agreement.CitationBEST INTERIORS v MILLIE & SEVERSON (Choice of Law) 161 CA4 1320 [See: CCP 1281.2; Volt v Stanford 489 US 468; Cronus v Concierge 35 C4 376, P/AT 5/05]
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