Conte v. City of Norwalk

The plaintiff contractor and the defendant city were parties to an agreement which provided for arbitration of disputes. After the plaintiff submitted a claim to arbitration, the defendant filed a counterclaim with the arbitrators. The plaintiff objected, but the arbitrators ruled that they would hear evidence on the counterclaim. The arbitrators suspended hearings pending a court determination of the arbitrability of the counterclaim. The plaintiff sued for an injunction preventing the defendant from proceeding with the counterclaim in arbitration. The injunction was denied, and the…