California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Freeman v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 121 Cal.Rptr. 477, 14 Cal.3d 473, 535 P.2d 341 (Cal. 1975):
Second: Code of Civil Procedure section 1281.2 requires the court to determine whether a party has waived his right to arbitrate. (See Sawday v. Vista Irrigation Dist. (1966) 64 Cal.2d 833, 52 Cal.Rptr. 1, 415 P.2d 816.)
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