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MATTER OF SIEGEL (LEWIS)

40 N.Y.2d 687 (1976)

In the Matter of the Arbitration between Murray Siegel, Respondent, and Henry Lewis, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided November 23, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Schiff, New York City, for appellant.

Stephen W. Schlissel and Charles S. Sherman, Mineola, for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, WACHTLER and COOKE concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Chief Judge BREITEL concurs in a separate opinion in which Judges JASEN and JONES concur.

FUCHSBERG, J.

This proceeding was brought by petitioner Murray Siegel to vacate Samuel Kooper's and Eugene Birnbuam's designation as arbitrators in advance of the commencement of an arbitration under a stock purchase agreement. The question is whether the two arbitrators' prior relationships as attorney and accountant, respectively, for respondent Henry Lewis as well as their personal knowledge of facts bearing...

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