Melchor Investment Co. v. Rolm Systems
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELIA, J.
1. Introduction
Plaintiff Melchor Investment Company (lessor) purports to appeal from the denial of its request to preliminarily enjoin arbitration jointly requested by defendant Rolm Systems (sublessee) and defendant International Business Machines Corporation (sublessor). Lessor claims it is not required to submit to an arbitration demand by sublessee because the lease’s arbitration provision is inapplicable and they have no other arbitration agreement. For the reasons stated below, we will dismiss this matter as nonappealable.
2. Facts
On April 14, 1976, lessor entered into two…
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