Pioneer Water & Sewer District v. Civil Engineering Professionals, Inc.

GOLDEN, Chief Justice.

In this appeal we determine whether a question as to the application of a statute of limitations to a contractually based arbitration demand is a question to be decided by the district court or by the arbitrators, where the contract provides arbitration is barred by the applicable statute(s) of limitations. In response to appellee Civil Engineering Professionals, Inc.’s (CEP) declaratory judgment action which sought to restrain a demand for arbitration, appellant Pioneer Water and Sewer District (Pioneer) sought an order compelling arbitration. The district court…