Legal Opinion
In Re the Arbitration Between Weinrott & Carp
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 1973PublishedCited by 188 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
This is the second time this case has been before this court in a long and tortuous journey which started over five years ago. It first appeared in 1967, when appellants sought to stay arbitration proceedings on the ground that the contract containing the arbitration clause was induced by fraud. In affirming the denial of a stay we impliedly adhered to the 1957 decision of Matter of Wrap-Vertiser Corp. (Plotnick) (3 N Y 2d 17) which held that fraud in the inducement of a contract was an issue for the court and not the arbitrators. The reason for our denial of the stay was that the evidence…
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