Baltimore Contractors, Inc. v. Bodinger

The question in this case is whether an appeal may be taken to a court of appeals from a district court order refusing to stay an action for an accounting pending arbitration.

This equitable action was brought in a state court for an accounting of the profits of a joint venture in construction under the National Housing Act, and was removed to a federal district court on the basis of diversity of citizenship. Under the joint venture agreement, Baltimore *177Contractors agreed to pay the respondent twenty-five percent of the net profits on its construction contracts. The provision under which…