Legal Opinion

Association of Owners of Kukui Plaza v. Swinerton & Walberg Co.

Hawaii Supreme Court

Decided August 13, 1985No. 10339; CIVIL NO. 77600PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

NAKAMURA, J.

Swinerton & Walberg Co. (Swinerton) appeals from an order denying its Motion to Stay Proceedings Pending Arbitration and For Order Compelling Arbitration of the claims brought against it by the Association of Owners of Kukui Plaza (the Association). Though the order did not conclude the dispute between the parties, it was nevertheless a final, appealable order. And we think the circuit court erred in not compelling arbitration.

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The Association instituted legal proceedings against “SWINER-TON & WALBERG CO., a Hawaii corporation,” “SWINERTON & WALBERG CO., a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Mercantile Nat. Bank at Dallas v. LangdeauSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Local No. 438 Construction & General Laborers' Union v. CurrySupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Louis Germany v. The River Terminal Railway Company, and Norfolk & Western Railway Company, Defendant-Cross-Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
  5. McDanels v. General Insurance Co. of AmericaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1934

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