Morgan v. Massillon Engine & Thresher Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that a signatory plaintiff \may be equitably estopped from avoiding arbitration when he sues a nonsignatory on claims that...allege interconnected and concerted misconduct between the nonsignatory and one or more of the signatories related to that agreement\
• finding \interconnected and concerted misconduct\ where Meister's allegations referred collectively to \Defendants\ and did not \assign[ ] alleged misconduct to any defendant individually\
• requiring arbitration of claims against non-signatories when \a signatory alleges substantially interdependent and concerted misconduct....that is intertwined with duties or obligations arising from the underlying contract\ (internal citations omitted)
• “a signatory to an arbitration agreement may compel arbitration of a claim brought against it by a non-signatory plaintiff, so long as the claim arises from the agreement containing the arbitration provision”

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