Pacific Investment Co. v. Townsend

Opinion

FLEMING, J.

Defendants Michael Townsend and Margaret Torma appeal an order denying their petition to stay proceedings and compel arbitration 1 in an action brought by plaintiffs Pacific Investment Company, a limited partnership doing business as Pacific Gardens, Todd Schiffman, Larry Larson, Donald and Leonard Olds, Smile Peres, Hugh Rouse, and Robert Dahl.

The primary issue is whether an arbitration clause in a limited partnership agreement covers matters raised in plaintiffs’ complaint.

Background

Defendants Michael Townsend and Margaret Torma and plaintiffs Schiffman, Larson, Ronald and…