Ali Haghighi, Doing Business as International Radio Network v. Russian-American Broadcasting Co.

FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Russian-American Broadcasting Co. (RABC), a provider of ethnic programming, entered into a contract with the International Radio Network (IRN), a Minnesota distributor of radio programming to subscribers, allowing IRN to rebroadcast RABC’s Russian language radio programs. Believing RABC had wrongfully attempted to provide programming directly to IRN’s radio subscribers, IRN later brought this diversity action against RABC. RABC denied it had breached the contract and filed a counterclaim seeking recovery of overdue payments IRN allegedly owed.

The parties decided to mediate…