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Wendell and Langdon signed a business contract with a clause that provides that if a dispute arises they will submit to binding arbitration to resolve the dispute. After they had been doing business together for a year, a dispute arose under the terms of the contract. Rather than submit to arbitration, Wendell filed a lawsuit against Langdon. Most likely the court will:

A. Hear the lawsuit in a trial, and then compel Wendell to submit to arbitration, if appropriate under the circumstances.

B. Hear the lawsuit because Wendell cannot be compelled to submit to arbitration as that would be a violation of his constitutional rights; he is entitled to a jury trial upon request.

C. Require Wendell to submit to arbitration to resolve the dispute.

D. Require Wendell and Langdon to enter into mediation to reach an agreement.