Integrity Insurance Co. v. American Centennial Insurance Co.
United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
885 F. Supp. 69 (1995)
- Written by Alexander Hager-DeMyer, JD
Facts
A dispute over reinsurance agreements arose between American Centennial Insurance Company (American) (plaintiff) and Integrity Insurance Company (Integrity) (defendant). Integrity was in liquidation at the time of the dispute, and under the reinsurance agreements, the liquidator instituted arbitration proceedings with American to resolve the dispute. American requested the arbitrator to issue subpoenas duces tecum for Thomas Lennon and Eugene McGee, former officers of Integrity. The subpoenas required the former officers to appear for a deposition prior to the arbitration hearing and to produce relevant documents related to the reinsurance agreements. Lennon and McGee were not parties to the arbitration and petitioned the New York federal district court to quash the subpoenas. Lennon and McGee claimed that an arbitrator did not have the authority to compel a nonparty to appear at a deposition prior to an arbitration hearing.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Scheindlin, J.)
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