Litigation
Aug. 18, 2012
Justices rule developers can force arbitration
In a big win to home builders, the California Supreme Court ruled developers can force homeowners associations to arbitrate construction-defect cases.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Handing a big win to home builders, the state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that developers can enforce binding arbitration provisions against homeowners associations that weren't created when the provisions took effect.
Although the condominium homeowners association in the case "did not exist as an entity independent of the developer," Justice Marvin R. Baxter wrote for a five-ju...
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