Legal Opinion

Higgins Development Partners, LLC v. Skanska U.S.A. Building, Inc.

Montana Supreme Court

Decided August 25, 2009No. DA 08-0360PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Leaphart

¶1 Skanska U.S.A. Building, Inc., (Skanska) appeals from an order entered by the Twenty-First Judicial District Court, Ravalli County, granting Higgins Development Partners, LLC’s (Higgins) Motion for Injunction enjoining Skanska from pursuing a demand for arbitration filed with the American Arbitration Association. We affirm.

¶2 We restate the issue on appeal as follows:

¶3 Did the District Court err in enjoining Skanska from pursuing a demand for arbitration filed with the American Arbitration Association?

BACKGROUND

¶4 The underlying claim in this matter arose out of the construction of an…

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