PMC, Inc. v. Atomergic Chemetals Corp.

OPINION

SAND, District Judge.

This case concerns the arbitrability of a dispute arising out of an aborted 1989 chemicals sale. In December of 1989, plaintiff PMC, Inc. (“PMC”) executed a “blanket purchase order” for approximately $15 million worth of chemicals from defendant Atomergic Chemetals Corporation (“Atomergic”). The following month, a PMC representative signed a “confirmation of sale” form which contained a clause obliging the parties to submit subsequent disputes to arbitration. Further negotiations over a marketing agreement stalled, and only a very small amount of the chemicals was…