LLC; DOUGLAS HUIBREGTSE; JAMES 

HOKANSON; ANTE LONCAR, 

LJUBICA LONCAR AND ELIZABETH 

G. VIDUCICH; RAUL RIOS AND 

FERMINA RIOS; VLADIMIR RIVKIN, 

DANNY MAES AND STEPHANIE 

CLEVELAND; MARK N. KECHEJIAN 

AND CHRISTINE KECHEJIAN; 

MICHAEL HAHALYAK AND LISA 

KRISAY-HAHALYAK; BENJAMIN 

RUDNITSKY AND TAMAR A. 

RUDNITSKY; CLAY FRAZIER AND 

PAULA FRAZIER; MIRIAM KIM AND 

MARIE KIM; PASQUALE FEBBRARO 

AND CATHLEEN M. FEBBRARO; 1110 

SHIN AND JUNG SHIN; EUN YOUNG 

LEE; JOHN 0. TOROSIAN AND 

SARKIS TOROSIAN; LUNIQUE LE; 

RAFFI PIRICHIAN AND ANI 

PIRICHIAN; JIM C. BURGUM; NANCY 

MARTINA; HERMAN CELIKIAN; 

RICHARD FELDMAN; LES KRIEGER 

AND REBEKAH KRIEGER; 

CHRISTINA KIM; JUAN MEDINA AND 

CLARISSA MEDINA; THOMAS 

CIFELLI AND JOHN CIFELLI; 

MANSOUR SHAMS AND ZAHRIA 

SHAMS; LEE FAMILY TRUST, CHRIS 

LEE AND SUZIE LEE, AS COTRUSTEES; BRADLEY COSTELLO 

1997 TRUST, BRADLEY COSTELLO AS 

TRUSTEE; BERNARD KLOUDA; 

RUZAN CHARKCHYAN AND 

ARUTYUN CHARKCHYAN; MARCO 

GONZALEZ; MARK BUCHSTABER 

AND DEBORAH BUCHSTABER; LINH 

TANG AND HUNG TANG; JERRY 

BROWN; WILLIAM PEDERSON AND 

TATYANA PEDERSON; CHARLES 

GERACI AND DELVIN DIAZ; MYUNG 

JA CHO; SHERENNE TANG AND 

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JULIETA BALAHADIA; CHENG LIM; 

DAVID SHIM; HOJOON LEE; 

MICHAEL LINARES AND LAURIE 

LINARES; GREG YI AND GRACE YI; 

SOUP, LLC; UJJAL GHOSHTAGORE; 

WERDMULLER FAMILY TRUST, 

WALTER E. WERDMULLER VON 

ELGG AND JILL C. WERDMULLER 

VON ELGG, TRUSTEES; SASAN 

SEIDFATHI AND MEHRNAZ 

SAGHAFI; LAWRENCE M. 

DUMOULIN; SEHAK TUNA AND 

VARTUHI TUNA; LAWRENCE 

HOBSON AND LINDA M. HOBSON; 

LEE PRITZL; BELINDA W. LOUIE; 

AMIN A. RAHIM AND ZAITUN A. 

RAHIM; PRISCILLA SALEM; IKE 

SHERMAN AND GILLIANA 

SHERMAN; REMI OHTA; DUNCAN & 

GARDELLA ENTERPRISES, LLC; 

ALEXANDER GONSECKI AND 

VALENTINA GONSECKI; SHI SI 

ZHENG; RAFIK BAKIJAN; LV 700, 

LLC; AND LOUIS CARNESALE AND 

JOHN CARNESALE, 

Appellants, 

vs. 

TURNBERRY/MGM GRAND TOWERS, 

LLC, A NEVADA LLC; MGM GRAND 

CONDOMINIUMS LLC, A NEVADA 

LLC; THE SIGNATURE 

CONDOMINIUMS, LLC, A NEVADA 

LLC; MGM MIRAGE, A DELAWARE 

CORPORATION; MGM RESORTS 

INTERNATIONAL, A DELAWARE 

CORPORATION; 

TURNBERRY/HARMON AVE., LLC, A 

NEVADA LLC; MGM GRAND HOTEL, 

LLC, A NEVADA LLC; SIGNATURE 

TOWER 1, LLC, A NEVADA LLC; 

SIGNATURE TOWER 2, LLC, A/K/A 

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TURNBERRY/MGM GRAND TOWER B 

LLC, A NEVADA LLC; SIGNATURE 

TOWER 3, LLC, A NEVADA LLC; AND 

TURNBERRY WEST REALTY, INC., A 

NEVADA CORPORATION, 

Respondents. 

KJH & RDA INVESTOR GROUP, LLC; 

37TH FLOOR INVESTOR GROUP, LLC; 

MICHAEL ANDERSON AND MATHEW 

ANDERSON; PIERRE BAIN; IBRAHIM 

BARLAJ AND LAURA BARLAJ; DAN 

BIRDSALL; TERENCIA CONEJERO; 

DIANE B. FAULCONER; FCF, LLC; 

STEPHEN J. GUYON; OGANES JOHN 

HAKOPYAN; IVIARKAR KARATAS AND 

NURHAN CELIK; FRANK KEANE AND 

CAROL KEANE; DENNIS LEUNG AND 

JIYEN SHIN; LETICIA L. MAGRI; 

ANAHIT MANDOYAN AND 

ALEXANDER MANDOYAN; SUSAN 

MIGNOT AND MARK MIGNOT; MARY 

MOMDZHYAN; BB VENTURES, LLC; 

ED NARVAEZ; DANE R. PHILLIPS; 

CRAIG A. PRIMAS; JAMES RICK AND 

LAURINDA RICK; DOUGLAS 

SCHOEN; PGR ENTERPRISES, LLC; 

DIMITRITSA H. TOROMANOVA; 38TH 

FLOOR INVESTOR GROUP, LLC; 

DAVID L. VADIS; ROSS BERKELEY; 

WOLF TRADING COMPANY, LLC; 

MICHAEL WILSON; STANLEY 

WILSON AND CAMILLA WILSON; 

DASHRATH PANCHAL; DINA D. 

PANCHAL AND NARMIN HIRJI; 

QUEZADAS-HORTA FAMILY TRUST, 

ROBERTO QUEZADAS-HORTA, 

TRUSTEE; JOSEPH H. SMITH AND 

CAROL J. SMITH; MARIA ORELLANA; 

MAGHAMI FERIAL TRUST; FERIAL 

MAGHAMI, TRUSTEE; LEONARDO 

BARRERA AND GLORIA BARRERA; 

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MOJISOLA ADEKUNBI AND ABIOLA 

SANNI; SIGNATURE MGM GRAND, 

LLC; DOUGLAS HUIBREGTSE; JAMES 

HOKANSON; ANTE LONCAR; 

LJUBICA LONCAR AND ELIZABETH 

G. VIDUCICH; RAUL RIOS AND 

FERMINA RIOS; VLADIMIR RIVKIN; 

DANNY MAES AND STEPHANIE 

CLEVELAND; MARK N. KECHEJIAN 

AND CHRISTINE KECHEJIAN; 

MICHAEL HAHALYAK AND LISA 

KRISAY-HAHALYAK; BENJAMIN 

RUDNITSKY AND TANIAR A. 

RUDNITSKY; CLAY FRAZIER AND 

PAULA FRAZIER; MIRIAM KIM AND 

MARIE KIM; PASQUALE FEBBRARO 

AND CATHLEEN M. FEBBRARO; 1110 

SHIN AND JUNG SHIN; EUN YOUNG 

LEE; JOHN 0. TOROSIAN AND 

SARKIS TOROSIAN; LUNIQUE LE; 

RAFFI PIRICHIAN AND ANI 

PIRICHIAN; JIM C. BURGUM; NANCY 

MARTINA; HERMAN CELIKIAN; 

RICHARD FELDMAN; LES KRIEGER 

AND REBEKAH KRIEGER; 

CHRISTINA KIM; JUAN MEDINA AND 

CLARISSA MEDINA; THOMAS 

CIFELLI AND JOHN CIFELLI; 

MANSOUR SHAMS AND ZAHRIA 

SHAMS; LEE FAMILY TRUST; CHRIS 

LEE AND SUZIE LEE AS COTRUSTEES; BRADLEY COSTELLO 

1997 TRUST; BRADLEY COSTELLO AS 

TRUSTEE; BERNARD KLOUDA; 

RUZAN CHARKCHYAN AND 

ARUTYUN CHARKCHYAN; MARCO 

GONZALEZ; MARK BUCHSTABER 

AND DEBORAH BUCHSTABER; LINH 

TANG AND HUNG TANG; JERRY 

BROWN; WILLIAM PEDERSON AND 

TATYANA PEDERSON; CHARLES 

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GERACI AND DELVIN DIAZ; MYUNG 

JA CHO; SHERENNE TANG AND 

JULIETA BALAHADIA; CHENG LIM; 

DAVID SHIM; HOJOON LEE; 

MICHAEL LINARES; LAURIE 

LINARES; GREG YI AND GRACE YT; 

SOLIP, LLC; UJJAL GHOSHTAGORE; 

WERDMULLER FAMILY TRUST; 

WALTER E. WERDMULLER VON 

ELGG AND JILL C. WERDMULLER 

VON ELGG, TRUSTEES; SASAN 

SEIDFATHI AND MEHRNAZ 

SAGHAFI; LAWRENCE M. 

DUMOULIN; SEHAK TUNA AND 

VARTUHI TUNA; LAWRENCE 

HOBSON AND LINDA M. HOBSON; 

LEE PRITZL; BELINDA W. LOUIE; 

AMIN A. RAHIM AND ZAITUN A. 

RAHIM; PRISCILLA SALEM; IKE 

SHERMAN AND GILLIANA 

SHERMAN; REMI OHTA; DUNCAN & 

GARDELLA ENTERPRISES, LLC; 

ALEXANDER GONSECKI AND 

VALENTINA GONSECKI; SHI SI 

ZHENG; RAFIK BAKIJAN; LV 700, 

LLC; AND LOUIS CARNESALE AND 

JOHN CARNESALE, 

Appellants, 

vs. 

TURNBERRY/MGM GRAND TOWERS, 

LLC, A NEVADA LLC; MGM GRAND 

CONDOMINIUMS LLC, A NEVADA 

LLC; THE SIGNATURE 

CONDOMINIUMS, LLC, A NEVADA 

LLC; MGM MIRAGE, A DELAWARE 

CORPORATION; MGM RESORTS 

INTERNATIONAL, A DELAWARE 

CORPORATION; 

TURNBERRY/HARMON AVE., LLC, A 

NEVADA LLC; MGM GRAND HOTEL, 

LLC, A NEVADA LLC; SIGNATURE 

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TOWER 1, LLC, A NEVADA LLC; 

SIGNATURE TOWER 2 LLC, A/IVA 

TURNBERRY/MGM GRAND TOWER B 

LLC, A NEVADA LLC; SIGNATURE 

TOWER 3, LLC, A NEVADA LLC; AND 

TURNBERRY WEST REALTY, INC., A 

NEVADA CORPORATION, 

Respondents. 

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL (DOCKET NO. 65933) 

These are appeals from a June 22, 2014, district court decision 

indicating the court's intended disposition of two motions to determine the 

nonarbitrability of claims (Docket No. 65933) and from a July 23, 2014, 

district court order granting the motions to determine the nonarbitrability 

of claims (Docket No. 66181). 

Certain respondents have moved, in Docket No. 65933, to 

dismiss the appeal, asserting that the district court's June 22 decision and 

July 23 order are interlocutory and not independently appealable as 

orders denying motions to compel arbitration under NRS 38.247(1)(a).' 

Respondents, who did not sign any arbitration agreements with 

appellants, acknowledge that the district court determined that appellants 

cannot pursue claims against them in arbitration, but they assert that 

because no party filed a motion to compel arbitration, the orders cannot be 

appealed. Appellants oppose the motion to dismiss, arguing that there is 

no practical difference between a motion to determine nonarbitrability and 

a motion to compel arbitration, and that the order therefore effectively 

refuses to compel arbitration. Appellants assert that allowing the appeals 

'Other respondents have filed a joinder to the motion to dismiss, to 

which appellants have filed an objection and response. 

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to proceed would further the public policy behind NRS 38.247(1)(a) 

favoring arbitration. Respondents reply that, even if the decision and 

order could be deemed as denying motions to compel, appellants did not 

request arbitration based on an underlying agreement to arbitrate, and 

thus, NRS 38.247(1)(a) does not apply. See NRS 38.221(1) (stating that a 

‘`person showing an agreement to arbitrate" may move to compel 

arbitration); Vulcan Power Co. v. Munson, 252 P.3d 511, 513 (Colo. App. 

2011) ("[A]n•interlocutory appeal under section 13-22-228(1)(a) may only 

be taken from the denial of a motion that seeks to compel arbitration 

based on 'an agreement to arbitrate."). 

Respondents' motion to determine nonarbitrability was filed 

after appellants attempted to add the claims against respondents to the 

arbitration proceedings that were already pending against another 

defendant, a signatory to the arbitration agreements. In opposing 

respondents' motion, appellants argued that, based on their relationships 

with the signatory defendant, respondents should also have to defend both 

the nonarbitrability issue and the claims in arbitration. Although 

appellants did not style their opposition as a countermotion to compel 

arbitration, given the procedural posture of the case, opposing the motion 

accomplished the same goal. Moreover, appellants did not argue that 

arbitration was required based solely on matters outside of the arbitration 

agreements; they argued that the nonsignatory defendants were required 

to arbitrate under the agreements. Accordingly, we conclude that the 

district court's order resolving this dispute is appealable as an order 

denying a motion to compel arbitration under NRS 38.247(1)(a), and we 

deny the motion to dismiss. 

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Nevertheless, the decision appealed from in Docket No. 65933 

merely indicated the court's intended disposition; it expressly stated that 

further order of the court was anticipated to make the decision effective. 

Accordingly, the decision did not finally resolve the arbitrability issue and 

thus is not appealable. Karcher Firestopping v. Meadow Valley Contr., 

Inc., 125 Nev. 111, 117, 204 P.3d 1262, 1266 (2009) ("[NRS 38.247(1) is] 

designed to permit appeals only from orders that bring an element of 

finality to the arbitration process."). Appellants timely appealed from the 

court's formal written order on the matter in Docket No. 66181. 

Therefore, we dismiss the appeal in Docket No. 65933. 

It is so ORDERED. 

, J. 

Cherry 

cc: Hon. Mark R. Denton, District Judge 

Wiand Guerra King P.L. 

Law Office of Daniel Marks 

Blumenthal, Nordrehaug & Bhowmik 

Gerard & Associates 

Morris Law Group 

Snell & Wilmer, LLP/Las Vegas 

Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP/Las Vegas 

Sidley Austin LLP 

Eighth District Court Clerk 

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