Legal Opinion
McCarthy v. Azure
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 28, 1994No. 93-1842PublishedCited by 266 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents intriguing questions anent the rights of a corporate officer who, having signed an agreement containing an arbitration clause in his official capacity, seeks to compel arbitration of claims lodged against him as an individual. The district court refused to order arbitration under these circumstances. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
For purposes of this appeal, the facts can be taken essentially as alleged. In 1987, plaintiff-appellee Walton W. McCarthy, a renowned inventor of underground shelter technology, incorporated T.H.E.TA. Technologies, Inc. (Theta I),…
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