Legal Opinion

Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc. v. Architectural Stone Co., Inc., a Louisiana Corporation, and State of Louisiana

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 27, 1980No. 78-2575PublishedCited by 64 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:

The appellant, the plaintiff below, filed this suit to compel the defendants-appellees to submit two contract disputes to a single arbitration panel. The district court treated the matter as one of state law. and denied relief. Because federal law controls the outcome of the case we must vacate the judgment and remand to the trial court to determine a difficult threshold eleventh amendment question.

Huber, Hunt & Nichols, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Huber, Hunt”), was the general contractor for the construction of the Louisiana State University Medical Center and…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  3. Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Osborn v. Bank of United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1824
  5. Robert Lawrence Company, Inc. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959

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3Cited by64 opinions

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  3. S & H Contractors, Inc., a Corporation v. A.J. Taft Coal Company, Inc., a Corporation, A.J. Taft Coal Company, Inc. v. S & H Contractors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
  4. J. Donald GOODWIN, Appellant, v. ELKINS & CO., Robert G. Hayden, Richard Sichenzio, and Gabriel F. Nagy, AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
  5. John M. Foster, Cross-Appellant v. C.F. Turley, Jr., A/K/A Frank Turley, Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1986

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