Legal Opinion
In Re Mercury Construction Corporation, Mercury Construction Corporation v. The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1981No. 81-1009, 81-1042PublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
The appellant Mercury Construction Company (hereafter Mercury)1 sought in this action arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act2 of certain disputes between it and the Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital (hereafter Hospital),3 under a construction contract between Mercury and the Hospital. Federal jurisdiction was properly premised on diversity. The district court denied arbitration, pending disposition of a state action by the Hospital against Mercury and J.N. Pease Associates, (hereafter Architect),4 for declaratory judgment denying arbitration. Mercury seeks…
2Cases cited44 opinions
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- United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Brillhart v. Excess Insurance Co. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Will v. Calvert Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by105 opinions
- Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital v. Mercury Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Miller Brewing Company v. Fort Worth Distributing Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Northern Illinois Gas Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Airco Industrial Gases, a Division of Airco, Inc., a Delaware CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Whiteside v. Teltech Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Kenneth Dale Bradley, Samuel L. CollinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
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