Rajagopalan v. NoteWorld, LLC, No. 12-35205 (9th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CasePlaintiff filed a class action complaint against NoteWorld alleging, among other things, violations under the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO), 18 U.S.C. 1961 et seq., and Washington state law. At issue on appeal was whether an entity could compel arbitration on the basis of an arbitration clause in a contract to which it was not a party. The court concluded that the district court correctly concluded that NoteWorld was not entitled to invoke the arbitration clause as a third-party beneficiary or through equitable estoppel. Accordingly, the court need not decide any other question on appeal and affirmed the judgment.
Court Description: Arbitration. The panel affirmed the district court’s order denying a motion to compel arbitration in a class action alleging violations of federal and Washington state law. The panel held that the district court correctly concluded under Washington law that the defendant was not entitled to invoke the arbitration clause as a third-party beneficiary or through equitable estoppel.
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