Wolff v. Westwood Management, LLC

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BROWN.

BROWN, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns the shelf-life of an arbitration provision in a superseded contract. Appellant Elliot Wolff sued West-wood Management LLC and various related individuals and entities for breach of fiduciary duties and derivative claims. The district court dismissed the complaint, concluding — over Wolffs vehement objections — that all of his claims were covered by a mandatory arbitration clause. Finding no error, we affirm.

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In 1971, Elliot Wolffs father, Egon, invested in a real estate venture — -the District of…