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081987P.pdf   01/08/2010  PRM Energy Systems  v.  Kobe Steel, Ltd.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-1987
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas - Hot Springs   
   [PUBLISHED] [Melloy, Author, with Beam and Gruender, Circuit
   Judges]
   Civil case - arbitration. A nonsignatory defendant may compel a
   signatory plaintiff to arbitrate claims under a valid arbitration agreement
   where the relationship between the parties is based on the concerted
   misconduct of the defendant and a different signatory; claims were within
   the scope of the arbitration agreement. Judge Beam, dissenting.