CG Enterprises Holdings, LLC v. WSP USA, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CG ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS, LLC, et Case No. 24-cv-00292-VC al.,

Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY

RESTRAINING ORDER AND

v. GRANTING MOTION TO STAY CASE

PENDING ARBITRATION

WSP USA, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 6, 24 Defendants.

This order assumes the reader’s familiarity with the facts of the case, the relevant law, the parties’ arguments, and the transcript of the hearing. As discussed more fully at the hearing, the underlying dispute—whether the noncompete and nonsolicitation clauses in Coon’s employment contract are void under California law— appears to be covered by the arbitration provision. Moreover, it does not appear that the contract permits the plaintiffs to seek interim relief in court on the question of whether the clauses are void under California law, because the relief sought would not “enforce or prevent any violations of the provisions” of the contract. But those questions are for the arbitrator in the first instance, because the agreement gives the arbitrator exclusive authority “to resolve any dispute relating to the interpretation, applicability,…