under section 2, “once the trial court determines that a valid arbitration agreement exists, the court must compel arbitration”
How later courts described this case
- under section 2, “once the trial court determines that a valid arbitration agreement exists, the court must compel arbitration”
- if there is a multiplicity of actions, the court may stay the proceeding, or a severable issue within it, pending arbitration
- the trial court must compel arbitration when there is an arbitration agreement between the parties
- “once a contract containing a valid arbitration clause has been executed, the parties are irrevocably committed to arbitrate all disputes arising under the agreement”
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
JUSTICE HARRISON, also dissenting:
I agree with Justice Bilandic’s dissent. In addition, I would hold that J.F. Inc. v. Vicik, 99 Ill. App. 3d 815 (1981), was correctly decided and should not be overruled.