Roberts v. Jackson

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• concluding that arbitration clause in shareholder and employment agreement encompassed tort and contract claims that arose from shareholder and employment relationships created by agreement
• concluding that arbitration clause in shareholder and employment agreement encompassed tort and contract claims that arose from shareholder and employment relationships created by agreement
• holding non-signatory could compel arbitration because the claims against the non-signatory parent corporation fell within the scope of the arbitration clause signed by the employee
• observing that \[a]llowing Long to avoid the consequences of the [shareholder agreement] while invoking its benefits ... would both disregard equity and contravene the FAA\ (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)
• observing that “[a]llowing Long to avoid the consequences of the [shareholder agreement] while invoking its benefits ... would both disregard equity and contravene the FAA” (internal quotation marks and alterations omitted)
• compelling signatory to arbitration clause to arbitrate claims against non-signatory shareholders where the signatory claimed that the non-signatories owed him a duty under the contract they did not sign

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