State Ex Rel. Ranger Fuel Corp. v. Lilly

On February 21, 1980, upon the petition of Ranger Fuel Corporation, acting under our original jurisdiction, we issued a rule requiring the respondent judge to show cause why a writ of mandamus should not be awarded to compel him to grant specific performance of an arbitration agreement and to stay certain civil proceedings pending the outcome of arbitration.

In July 1975, Ranger Fuel Corporation entered into an agreement with certain individuals whereby Ranger leased certain tracts of land for the purposes of exploring for and mining coal. In March 1976, Ranger exercised their unquestioned…