On remand from the Supreme Court (following that Court's 2020 decision in Outokumpu), the Court of Appeals affirmed the district court's order denying defendant's motions to compel arbitration and to grant a stay pending arbitration. The Court held that equitable estoppel precludes a party from claiming the benefits of a contract while simultaneously attempting to avoid the burdens that contract imposes. In this case, however, the plaintiffs' claims were not clearly intertwined with the partnership deed providing for arbitration. Accordingly, the district court properly exercised its discretion in rejecting defendant's argument that plaintiffs should be equitably estopped from avoiding arbitration.