MATTER OF JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC. v. INFINITY EQUITIES I, LLC

1231N, 103612/09.

66 A.D.3d 540 (2009)

887 N.Y.S.2d 81

2009 NY Slip Op 7474

In the Matter of JEFFERIES & COMPANY, INC., et al., Respondents, v. INFINITY EQUITIES I, LLC, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided October 20, 2009.


The petition was correctly granted. A nonsignatory may be bound to an arbitration agreement if so dictated by the ordinary principles of contract and agency (see McAllister Bros., Inc. v A & S Transp. Co., 621 F.2d 519, 523-524 [2d Cir 1980]). An agent acting within the scope of its authority may bind a principal to arbitration in connection with stock transactions (see Scone Invs., L.P. v American Third Mkt. Corp.,

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