U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Case Summaries: March 18, 2011
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Simmons Foods, Inc. v. H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Company, et al. (MLW No. 61939/Case No. 10-1223 - 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.)
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U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit Case Summaries: March 18, 2011
Motion To Compel Party To Agreement
Where a dispute arose over payment of a note between companies involved in a frozen-food export business, the district court properly held that a company that was not a party to the note or even mentioned in the note could not be compelled to arbitrate, despite defendants' arguments that the company was bound to arbitrate on agency grounds or under a third-party beneficiary theory.Judgment is affirmed.Simmons Foods, Inc. v. H. Mahmood J. Al-Bunnia & Sons Company, et al. (MLW No. 61939/Case No. 10-1223 - 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Benton, J.) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Western District of Arkansas, Hendren, J. (Steven K. Metcalf, Tulsa, Oklahoma, argued f...See the full content of this document
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