context: Lastly, plaintiffs' claims against the network defendants are "closely linked" to the arbitrable claims against the issuing banks. This Court has previously held plaintiffs' claims against the parent corporations of their issuing banks arbitrable because the alleged price-fixing conspiracy is "at the heart of the underlying contract[s] containing the arbitration agreement^]."
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 271 F.3d 407, 407
citation_a.parenthetical: finding estoppel warranted for claims "linked textually" to the contract containing the arbitration clause and "bound up" with the arbitrated dispute
citation_a.sentence: See JLM, 387 F.3d at 178 n. 7 (“[A]ny claim against an Owner jointly liable for the injury caused by [any one] contract is inextricably intertwined with the arbitrable claim against the Owner liable under that contract.”); see also Choctaw, 271 F.3d at 407 (finding estoppel warranted for claims “linked textually” to the contract containing the arbitration clause and “bound up” with the arbitrated dispute).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: "[A]ny claim against an Owner jointly liable for the injury caused by [any one] contract is inextricably intertwined with the arbitrable claim against the Owner liable under that contract."
citation_b.sentence: See JLM, 387 F.3d at 178 n. 7 (“[A]ny claim against an Owner jointly liable for the injury caused by [any one] contract is inextricably intertwined with the arbitrable claim against the Owner liable under that contract.”); see also Choctaw, 271 F.3d at 407 (finding estoppel warranted for claims “linked textually” to the contract containing the arbitration clause and “bound up” with the arbitrated dispute).