Legal Opinion
Meister v. Stout
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided May 7, 2015No. Court of Appeals No. 14CA0161PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JUDGE MILLER
T1 Appellant, Michael Meister, appeals from the district court's ruling compelling arbitration of his claims and from its judgment confirming the arbitration award. We affirm and remand the case for a determination of the appellees' reasonable attorney fees and costs incurred on appeal.
12 As a matter of first impression in the state courts of Colorado, we hold that a signatory to an agreement containing an arbitration clause may be equitably estopped from avoiding arbitration when he sues a nonsignatory on claims that (1) presume the existence of that agreement or (2)…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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