Welton Becket Associates v. LLJV Development Corp.

—Order (denominated a judgment), Supreme Court, New York County (Beverly Cohen, J.), entered May 3, 1995, which denied petitioners’ motion for leave to conduct certain additional pre-arbitration discovery and for leave to amend their petition, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The relevant issue to be pursued at the pre-arbitration hearing is the framed issue, which is whether "various of the petitioners may be bound by the arbitration agreement by reason of being the signatory’s alter egos, successors and/or assigns”, as to which "a hearing, and attendant disclosure, is needed in order to…