Legal Opinion
Onvoy, Inc. v. SHAL, LLC.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided September 25, 2003No. C7-02-621, C7-02-702PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MEYER, Justice.
We are asked to decide whether a corporation may escape an arbitration clause in a contested contract and obtain court jurisdiction by claiming that the contract is void as the result of an interested-director transaction or ultra vires transaction. In addition, the parties dispute whether non-signatories to the contract may compel arbitration of claims brought by signatories. The court of appeals held that the claims must be arbitrated. We reverse.
Appellant Onvoy, Inc. (Onvoy) is a privately held Minnesota telecommunications company, formerly known as Minnesota Equal…
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