Town & Country Salida, Inc. v. Dealer Computer Service, Inc.

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

A contract with an arbitration clause referred to certain parties, including an entity called “Town & Country Auto.” An arbitral panel resolving a payment dispute determined that this referred to a particular car dealership, Town & Country Salida, Inc., and entered an award against it. In the district court below, Town & Country Salida, Inc., sought to vacate or modify the arbitral award on the ground that Town & Country Salida, Inc., was not an entity referred to or bound by the contract con*471taining the arbitration clause. The district court, without deferring to the…