Legal Opinion

State of New York and George E. Pataki, as Governor of the State of New York v. Oneida Indian Nation of New York

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 23, 1996No. 1482, Docket 95-9166PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This case highlights the relationship between two guiding principles of the law of arbitration. The first principle requires the full enforcement of arbitration clauses and resolves ambiguities regarding the arbitrability of claims in favor of arbitrability. The second principle protects parties from being compelled to arbitrate claims they did not agree to arbitrate.

The United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, McAvoy, C.J., held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the instant dispute on the ground that the plaintiffs’ claim was…

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