Legal Opinion
Denney v. BDO Seidman, L.L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 14, 2005No. Docket Nos. 04-2654-CV(L), 04-2659-CV(CON), 04-2705-CV(CON), 04-2808-CV(CON)PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOSÉ A. CABRANES, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Shira A. Scheindlin, Judge) denying their motion to compel arbitration based on the District Court’s finding that the consulting agreements the parties entered into, each of which contained an arbitration clause, were “mutually fraudulent” and consequently unenforceable. Because we hold that the District Court erred in finding the agreements mutually fraudulent, we reverse the District Court’s finding that the consulting agreements are void…
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