Universal City Studios will have to settle a contract dispute with a producer from the “Fast & Furious” movie franchise in court after a California appeals court ruled the entertainment company could not enforce an arbitration agreement.

In a 14-page ruling Wednesday, California’s Second District Court of Appeal upheld a district court’s decision finding that an arbitration agreement between film producer Neal Moritz and Universal, represented by attorneys from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, did not apply to the “Fast & Furious” spinoff “Hobbs & Shaw” starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham.

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