Legal Opinion
Joseph Britton v. Co-Op Banking Group, Jeff Liebling
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 1, 1993No. 91-16851PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT E. JONES, District Judge:
The issue on appeal is whether Jeff Lie-bling, a non-signatory to a contract entered into by a company he later purchased, may invoke the contract’s arbitration clause.
We find that Liebling may not invoke the contract’s arbitration clause because: (1) Plaintiffs1 are not estopped from claiming Liebling has no standing to compel arbitration; (2) Liebling was not a third party beneficiary or successor in interest to the contract; and (3) Although Liebling became an agent, officer and employee of the original contracting party, none of his allegedly wrongful acts…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Sherman v. British Leyland Motors, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Goodyear Aerospace CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Letizia v. Prudential Bache Securities, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- Arizona v. Shamrock Foods Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Martinez v. Socoma Companies, Inc.California Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by118 opinions
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- Tracer Research Corp. v. National Environmental Services Company, Doing Business as Nesco Lab One Analytical, Inc. Eddy Paterson Albert McCutchanCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
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