Opinion ID: 195334
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Text: 51 We need go no further. Although the Purchase Agreement does contain an arbitration clause, it is narrow in scope and does not extend the right to compel arbitration to agents or employees of the corporate signatory. By like token, the Purchase Agreement does not make manifest an intention to confer third-party beneficiary status on any such agents or employees. And, finally, appellant cannot rely on plaintiff's alter ego claim to draw an equivalence between himself and his corporate principal for his own benefit. In sum, there is no contractual or other legal lever by which appellant can force plaintiff to arbitrate the individual capacity claims that are the subject of the underlying suit. Because this is so, the district court appropriately refused to grant the relief that appellant requested. 18 52 The order appealed from is affirmed and the case is remanded to the district court for further proceedings. The motions pending in this court are denied without prejudice to their renewal below. Costs in favor of appellee.