Legal Opinion
McLaughlin Gormley King Company v. Terminix International Company, L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1997No. 96-1619PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
The main issue on this appeal is whether a court or an arbitrator should determine whether the parties’ commercial dispute is arbitrable. Agreeing with the district court 1 that the contracting parties left that issue to the court, we affirm.
In 1984, McLaughlin Gormley King Company (“MGK”) agreed to supply fenvalerate, an insecticide, to Terminix International Company for repackaging and sale to exterminators. The written contract provided for arbitration of “[a]ny controversy arising out of, or relating to this Agreement or any modification or extension hereof.” In 1990,…
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