Suburban Leisure Center, Inc. v. AMF Bowling Products, Inc.

Suburban Leisure Center (Suburban) (plaintiff) and AMF Bowling Products (AMF) (defendant) entered an oral franchise agreement letting Suburban sell AMF's pool tables under AMF's trademarks. The parties later signed a separate written e-commerce agreement, covering only delivery and installation services, that contained both a merger clause stating it was the entire agreement and an arbitration clause requiring disputes to go to arbitration in Virginia. After AMF terminated the oral franchise agreement, Suburban sued for damages in Missouri state court; AMF removed to federal court and moved to compel arbitration under the e-commerce agreement's arbitration clause, which the district court denied.