Supreme Court of Delaware

Contracting parties who provide for the arbitration of disputes in their agreements need submit to arbitration only those claims that touch on the legal rights created by their contract.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/04/2002
• Published 11/07/2002

Judges

• VEASEY, Chief Justice., Before VEASEY, Chief Justice, WALSH, HOLLAND and STEELE, Justices, and RIDGELY, President Judge, Superior Court, constituting the Court en Banc.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Melanie K. Sharp, of Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP, Wilmington;  M. Frederick Pritzker, and James W. Stoll (argued), of Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels, LLP, Boston, MA, of counsel, for Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jesse A. Finkelstein, and Thad J. Bracegirdle, of Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington;  Peter J. Macdonald (argued), Robin L. Alperstein of Hale and Dorr, LLP, New York City, of Counsel, for Appellees.