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Wilrock National, Inc. v. Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc.

204 A.D.2d 206 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1994-05-24 English

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Wilrock National, Inc., Appellant, v Newmark & Company Real Estate, Inc., Respondent, et al., Defendant.
[612 NYS2d 864]

—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Beatrice Shainswit, J.), entered on or about March 23, 1993, which denied plaintiff’s motion for a stay of arbitration and granted defendant Newmark & Company’s motion for a stay

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of discovery in this judicial action, unanimously affirmed, with costs.

The IAS Court properly determined that plaintiff’s allegations of tortious conduct concerning a real estate commission are arbitrable pursuant to section 1 of article XIII of the Constitution of the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. since they "pertain * * * to * * * business relations” between plaintiff and defendant Newmark. Concur—Murphy, P. J., Rosenberger, Kupferman, Ross and Tom, JJ.