Legal Opinion
Commercial Union Insurance Company v. Gilbane Building Company
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 11, 1993No. 92-1904PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, plaintiff-appellant Commercial Union Insurance Company (“CU”) challenges the district court’s summary denial of its motion to stay defendant-appellee Gilbane Building Company’s (“Gilbane”) counterclaim pending arbitration. Finding error in the district court’s decision, we reverse.
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Factual Background
During the latter half of the 1980’s, Gil-bane, a general contractor, entered into thirteen subcontracts with Thames Valley Steel Corporation (“TVS”), a structural steel subcontractor, under which TVS agreed to perform structural steel work for Gilbane on…
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