Legal Opinion
Textile Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO v. Herbert B. Newton & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 5, 1959No. Appeal, No. 94PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion ry
Mr. Justice Cohen,
The Pennsylvania Arbitration Act of April 25, 1927, P. L. 381, 5 P.S. 161, et seq., in section 1 thereof provides: “Validity of Arbitration Agreements. A provision in any written contract, except a contract for personal services, to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of such contract, or out of the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or an agreement in writing between two or more persons to submit to arbitration any controversy existing between them at the time of the agreement to submit, shall be valid, irrevocable, and…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Botany Mills, Inc. v. TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, ETC.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
- In re the Arbitration between Potoker & Brooklyn Eagle, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- In Re the Arbitration Between Lane & Leather Workers' Union of United States & CanadaNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
- In re the Arbitration between Lane & Leather Workers' Union of the United StatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1948
3Cited by4 opinions
- General Tire & Rubber Co. v. Local No. 512, United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic WorkersDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1961
- Publicists Local 818 v. National Screen Service Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1960
- Aster v. the Jack Aloff Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Milton Schwartz & Associates, Architects v. Magness Corp.District Court, D. Delaware · 1974