Opinion ID: 3160802
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Inseparability of Claims

Text: Finally, the Agents aver that their claims against SBIA and USHealth are inextricably intertwined or inherently inseparable such that they should be arbitrated together to prevent “factual and legal whipsaw.” The Agents provide no authority to support their contentions that such inseparability would warrant compelling a non-signatory to participate in arbitration, either as a standalone legal theory or as an equitable ground for such relief, and we 15 Case: 15-10117 Document: 00513298704 Page: 16 Date Filed: 12/08/2015 No. 15-10117 have found none. 10 Cf. In re Merrill Lynch, 235 S.W.3d at 191–95 (declining to apply estoppel based on substantially interdependent misconduct in part because it is not a traditional ground for estoppel under Texas contract law); Crawford, 748 F.3d at 255, 261–62, 262 n.9. We conclude that the district court did not err in rejecting this argument as a possible basis for compelling arbitration. 11