M & M Foods, Inc. v. Pacific American Fish Co.

*557Opinion

MOSK, J.

INTRODUCTION

M&M Foods, Inc. (M&M), filed a complaint against Pacific American Fish Co., Inc., Paul Huh, and Peter Huh1 and then petitioned the trial court to compel arbitration based on an arbitration clause in an asset purchase agreement between the parties. Pacific opposed the petition, arguing, inter alia, that M&M lacked standing to enforce the arbitration provision because the right to do so belonged exclusively to the trustee of M&M’s former bankruptcy estate. The trial court denied the petition on that ground, as well as on others. On appeal, M&M argues, inter alia, that…