(October 8, 2018, 1:14 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A restaurant franchisor on Oct. 4 filed its opening brief in an appeal of a district court’s decision to deny its petition to compel arbitration with a potential franchisee, arguing that the issue of whether the parties agreed to arbitrate disputes was an issue that must be decided by an arbitrator (Doctor’s Associates Inc. v. Girum Alemayehu, No. 18-1865, 2nd Cir.)....