Lakehead Pipe Line Co. v. American Home Assurance Co.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

ERICKSON, United States Magistrate Judge.

I. Introduction

This matter came before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to a general assignment, made in accordance with the provisions of Title 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A), upon the Motion of the Plaintiffs Lakehead Pipe Line Company, Inc., and Interprovineial Pipe Line Inc. (“Lakehead”), to Require Unauthorized Foreign or Alien Insurers to Post Bond, and the Motion of the Defendant Primary Insurers to Compel Arbitration or, in the alternative, to Bifurcate Trial.

A Hearing on the Bond Motion was conducted on…