BRITTON v. CO-OP BANKING GROUP

No. 91-16851.

4 F.3d 742 (1993)

Joseph BRITTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CO-OP BANKING GROUP, Defendant. Jeff Liebling, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 1, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Liebling, pro se.

William P. Torngren, Andrea M. Miller, David C. Adams, Bartel, Eng, Miller and Torngren, Sacramento, CA, for appellee.

Before: CANBY, BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges, and ROBERT E. JONES.


ROBERT E. JONES, District Judge:

The issue on appeal is whether Jeff Liebling, a non-signatory to a contract entered into by a company he later purchased, may invoke the contract's arbitration clause.

We find that Liebling may not invoke the contract's arbitration clause because: (1) Plaintiffs1 are not estopped from claiming Liebling has no standing to compel arbitration; (2) Liebling was not a third party beneficiary or successor...

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