Morgan Keegan & Co. v. Rote

Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Eileen Bransten, J.), entered on or about December 12, 2012, which granted respondents’ motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 (a) (8) to dismiss the petition to vacate an arbitration award, and denied petitioner’s motion to vacate the arbitration award as moot, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

Petitioner’s reliance on CPLR 7501 as the basis for conferring personal jurisdiction on the courts of this state is unavailing. Although in this matter there was a written agreement to arbitrate, the agreement provided that any arbitration was to be held in accordance with…