CENTRA INDUSTRIES, INC. v. MCGUIREWOODS, LLP

No. 03 Civ. 0656 (TPG).

270 F.Supp.2d 386 (2003)

CENTRA INDUSTRIES, INC., Midwest Cable Communications of Arkansas, Inc., Larry C. Garriott, Lisa A. Trammell, Bonnie Capwell Brooks, Betty Jo Tyler, Mike Smith, and Mary Capwell, in her capacity as administrator of the Estate of O. Lee Capwell, Plaintiffs, v. MCGUIREWOODS, LLP, William A. Newman, Marcum & Kliegman, LLP, Philip F. Strassler, David C. Bukzin, John D. Gioioso, and Edwin C. Ballou, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

June 27, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ray A. Mantle, Leo G. Kailas, Craig Albert, Reitler, Brown, LLC, New York City, for Plaintiffs.

Frank W. Ryan, Robert C. Bernius, Nixon, Peabody, LLP, New York City, for McGuirewoods, LLP and William A. Newman.

Thomas R. Manisero, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, for Marcum & Kliegman, LLP, Philip F. Strassler, and David C. Bukzin.

Philip M. Halpern, Collier, Halpern, Newberg, Nolletti & Bock, LLP, White Plain, NY, for John D. Gioioso.

Kenneth J. Kelly, Epstein, Becker & Green, PC, New York City, for Edwin Ballou.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

RAKOFF, District Judge.

Defendant John D. Gioioso moves the Court (a) to compel the two corporate plaintiffs to arbitrate Counts 7, 8, and 9 of the Complaint and (b) to dismiss those claims as to him. The Hon. Thomas P. Griesa, to whom this case is otherwise assigned, referred the motion to this Court, sitting in Part I, so that it could be expeditiously resolved in his absence. For the reasons that follow, that motion is granted...

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