Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District v. Chicago Southshore & South Bend Railroad

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

BOEHM, Justice.

Arbitration presumably intended to resolve this dispute without resort to the courts has now produced lawsuits and appeals in two different states. As their contract provided, the parties submitted a dispute over its interpretation to arbitration. After an arbitration panel issued an award, both parties sued, one in Indiana to overturn the award and the other in Illinois to enforce it. We hold that because the Illinois court was the first to enter a judgment on the validity of the award, the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the United States Constitution…