In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Interbras Cayman Co. v. Orient Victory Shipping Co., S.A.

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• holding that principles of agency law may bind a nonsignatory to an agreement to arbitrate
• stating the Court must not “lose sight of the important questions of 8 federal jurisdiction” implicated in fraudulent joinder cases
• triable question whether an agreement by an agent allegedly on behalf of the principal could afford the principal the right to compel a contracting party to arbitrate
• “To make a genuine issue entitling the plaintiff to a trial by jury [under 9 U.S.C. § 4], an unequivocal denial that the agreement had been made was needed, and some evidence should have been produced to substantiate the denial.”
• “To make a genuine issue entitling the plaintiff to a trial by jury [under 9 U.S.C. § 4], an unequivocal denial that the agreement had been made was needed, and some evidence should have been produced to substantiate the denial.” (emphasis added)
• record 17 consisted of affidavits and other papers

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