A nonsignatory to an arbitration agreement should not be compelled to abide by it under the doctrine of equitable estoppel except in the rarest of circumstances, New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.
The justices said two lower courts erred in ordering that all parties involved in an investment dispute submit to arbitration, even though not all of them had entered into contracts calling for all disputes to be resolved by an arbitrator.
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