Arbitration – Shareholders Agreement – Majority Owner – AAA Rules – Arbitrability

This dispute turns on who is the majority owner of a corporation. Where the arbitration clause in the corporation’s shareholders agreement clearly adopts the Commercial Rules of the American Arbitration Association, it is up to the arbitrator to decide whether the parties’ disputes are within the scope of the arbitration clause.

Plaintiff’s claims shall be submitted to binding arbitration. This action is stayed pending conclusion of that arbitration.

Hall v. Dancy (Lawyers Weekly No. 020-040-18, 8 pp.) (James Gale, C.J.) Denis Jacobson, Brandy Mansouraty and Spencer Krantz for plaintiff; Amiel Rossabi for defendant. 2018 NCBC 61