United States Second Circuit

When parties use expansive language in drafting an arbitration clause, presumably they intend all issues that "touch matters" within the main agreement to be arbitrated while the scope of a narrow arbitration clause will not support a presumption of arbitrability.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/24/2000
• Decided 06/07/2001
• Published 06/07/2001

Judges

• CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:, Before: CARDAMONE, WINTER, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Shaun F. Carroll, New York, N.Y. (David A. Nourse, Katharine F. Newman, Nourse & Bowles, LLP, New York, NY, of counsel), for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Simon Harter, New York, N.Y. (Elizabeth McKenna, Healy & Baillie, LLP, New York, NY, of counsel), for Respondent-Appellee.