· 1/10/1972
Duhart v. United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Citations
- 404 U.S. 1013
- 92 S. Ct. 692
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that nonsignatory officers and directors of a signatory corporation are entitled to compel arbitration against signatory plaintiffs
- holding that non- signatory officers and members of a corporation's board of directors could enforce an arbitration agreement entered into by the corporation
- holding that arbitration clause should be enforced against nonsignatory officers who were deemed agents of the corporation
- noting that nonsignatories may be bound to an arbitration agreement under ordinary contract and agency principles
- affirming the referral to arbitration after finding jurisdiction over an appeal from a Rule 54(b) judgment in an embedded proceeding
- allowing officers and directors of corporation to enforce corporation’s arbitration agreement when “the nonsignatory defendants are alleged to have committed acts related to their running of the corporation”
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