Legal Opinion
Hercules & Co. v. Shama Restaurant Corp.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 13, 1989No. 87-1212PublishedCited by 163 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
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THE CONTROVERSY
This case requires us to explore the “Byzantine peculiarities” of the law of appellate jurisdiction over arbitration orders, see New England Power Co. v. Asiatic Petroleum Corp., 456 F.2d 183, 189 (1st Cir. 1972), and leads us through “the wilderness in which courts sometimes find themselves when searching for solutions to problems arising under the judicial nightmare known as Conflict of Laws.” Forsyth v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 520 F.2d 608, 609 (9th Cir.1975). Its genesis was a dispute over a construction project in Old Town, Alexandria, which went…
2Cases cited46 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- At&T Technologies, Inc. v. Communications WorkersSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Coopers & Lybrand v. LivesaySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
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3Cited by163 opinions
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- Hercules & Co. v. Shama Restaurant Corp.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
- District of Columbia v. ColemanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1995
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