Legal Opinion
God's Battalion of Prayer Pentecostal Church, Inc. v. Miele Associates
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 23, 2006PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*373OPINION OF THE COURT
Rosenblatt, J.
On this appeal, we reiterate our long-standing rule that an arbitration clause in a written agreement is enforceable, even if the agreement is not signed, when it is evident that the parties intended to be bound by the contract. We conclude that the lower courts properly directed the matter to arbitration.
Plaintiff-appellant God’s Battalion of Prayer Pentecostal Church, Inc. operates a church and school on Linden Boulevard in Brooklyn. In May 1995, the Church hired defendant Miele Associates, LLR a firm of architects, to expand and renovate the Church’s…
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