Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District / Date unavailable
St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority, Respondent, v. The Rams Football Company, LLC, et al., Appellants.
The St. Louis Regional Convention and Sports Complex Authority (RSA) filed a declaratory judgment action against The Rams Football Company, LLC, and The Los Angeles Rams, LLC (Rams Entities) to determine if a release in a settlement agreement extinguished an option to purchase a training facility in a separate lease. The Rams Entities moved to compel arbitration, arguing the dispute fell under the lease's arbitration clause. The trial court denied the motions to compel arbitration. The appellate court affirmed, holding that the dispute arose from the settlement agreement's release provision, not the lease, and therefore the circuit court had exclusive jurisdiction per the settlement agreement's forum selection clause.