Scott Seldin v. Theodore Seldin

SHEPHERD, Circuit Judge.

In 2010, feuding members of the Seldin family entered into a Separation Agreement to divide jointly owned assets. Thé Separation Agreement contained an arbitration clause, ‘requiring the parties to arbitrate any claims involving their jointly owned property. Rather than arbitrating, Appellant Scott Seldin (“Scott”) filed a lawsuit for an accounting of a trust that he claims was not included in the Separation Agreement. The district court dismissed his claim, finding that the federal courts lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the lawsuit. We disagree.

I. Background