United States First Circuit

A corporate signatory to a written partnership agreement that requires international arbitration of their commercial disputes may not escape arbitration of such disputes by naming as defendants two non-signatories, on the basis that there was no written agreement to arbitrate with those defendants.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/22/2008
• Published 05/22/2008

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, MERRITT, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Victor Genecin with whom Colter L. Paulson, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Craig R. Smith, Thomas A. Brown, and Fish & Richardson PC were on brief for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Keith L. Sachs with whom Florian Bruno and Metaxas, Norman & Pidgeon, LLP were on brief for appellee.