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holding incorporation of the London Court of International Arbitration rules clearly and unmistakably delegated arbitrability to the arbitrator
Summary of this case from TotalEnergies E&P U.S., Inc. v. MP Gulf of Mex., LLCOpinion
10-12-2017
GARTHON BUSINESS INC. et al., Respondents, v. Kirill Ace STEIN et al., Appellants.
Turek Roth Grossman LLP, New York City (Jason A. Grossman and Gaddi Goren of counsel), for Kirill Ace Stein, appellant. Siri & Glimstad LLP, New York City (Aaron Siri and Mason Barney of counsel), for Aurdeley Enterprises Limited, appellant. Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York City (Pieter Van Tol and Daryl L. Kleiman of counsel), for respondents.
Turek Roth Grossman LLP, New York City (Jason A. Grossman and Gaddi Goren of counsel), for Kirill Ace Stein, appellant.
Siri & Glimstad LLP, New York City (Aaron Siri and Mason Barney of counsel), for Aurdeley Enterprises Limited, appellant.
Hogan Lovells US LLP, New York City (Pieter Van Tol and Daryl L. Kleiman of counsel), for respondents.
OPINION OF THE COURT
MEMORANDUM.The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be reversed, with costs, and the motions to compel arbitration granted.
Under the circumstances of this case, including the terms of the parties' final agreements, which incorporated the rules of the London Court of International Arbitration, the issue of whether the dispute is arbitrable should be resolved by the arbitrator (see Matter of Monarch Consulting, Inc. v. National Union Fire Ins. Co. of Pittsburgh, PA, 26 N.Y.3d 659, 676–677, 27 N.Y.S.3d 97, 47 N.E.3d 463 [2016] ; Matter of Nationwide Gen. Ins. Co. v. Investors Ins. Co. of Am., 37 N.Y.2d 91, 95, 371 N.Y.S.2d 463, 332 N.E.2d 333 [1975] ).
Chief Judge DiFIORE and Judges RIVERA, STEIN, FAHEY, GARCIA, WILSON and FEINMAN concur.Order, insofar as appealed from, reversed, with costs, and motions to compel arbitration granted, in a memorandum.