Tradeline Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v. Jess Smith & Sons Cotton, LLC; J.g. Boswell Company

NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TRADELINE ENTERPRISES PVT. LTD.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
JESS SMITH & SONS COTTON, LLC;
J.G. BOSWELL COMPANY,
Defendants-Appellees.
No. 18-56101
D.C. No.
2:15-cv-08048-JAK-RAO
MEMORANDUM*
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
John A. Kronstadt, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted June 6, 2019
Portland, Oregon
Before: MURGUIA and HURWITZ, Circuit Judges, and GAITAN,** District
Judge.
Tradeline Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. (“Tradeline”) appeals a district court order
confirming an arbitration award in favor of Jess Smith & Sons Cotton, LLC (“JSS”)
and J.G. Boswell Company (“Boswell”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
** The Honorable Fernando J. Gaitan, Jr., United States District Judge
for the Western District of Missouri, sitting by designation.
FILED
JUL 2 2019
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S. COURT OF APPEALS

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§ 1291 and affirm.
The district court did not err by allowing non-signatories JSS and Boswell to
invoke the arbitration clause in a license agreement between Tradeline and the
Supima Association of America (“Supima”). State law controls whether federal
courts may enforce arbitration agreements against signatories at the request of non-
signatories. Arthur Andersen LLP v. Carlisle, 556 U.S. 624, 630–31 (2009). Under
Arizona law, which controls in this case, a non-signatory may compel arbitration
with a signatory to an arbitration agreement if the claims at issue are “intimately
founded in and intertwined with the underlying contract obligations.” Sun Valley
Ranch 308 Ltd. P’ship v. Robson, 294 P.3d 125, 135 (Ariz. Ct. App. 2012) (quoting
Amisil Holdings Ltd. v. Clarium Capital Mgmt., 622 F.Supp.2d 825, 830–31 (N.D.
Cal. 2007)). The claims raised in Tradeline’s operative complaint against JSS and
Boswell are plainly “intertwined” with Tradeline’s license agreement with Supima.
The complaint alleges that JSS and Boswell caused Supima to breach and wrongfully
terminate the license agreement. The license agreement is thus integral to
Tradeline’s claims, which “arise out of and relate directly” to that contract. See id.
AFFIRMED.

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