Legal Opinion
National Railroad Passenger Corporation v. Boston and Maine Corporation
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 24, 1988No. 87-7190PublishedCited by 96 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judge:
In 1977, the two parties to this case entered into an agreement containing a broad arbitration clause. When a dispute between them arose in 1987, one sought arbitration and the other refused, claiming that the agreement, along with the arbitration clause, had expired. The district court, rather than deciding the question itself, held that it was for the arbitrators to determine whether the agreement had expired, and ordered the recalcitrant party to submit to arbitration on that question. We affirm.
I. Background
In 1977, the Boston and Maine Corporation (“B & M”)…
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