Legal Opinion
Microsoftware Computer Systems, Inc. v. Ontel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 1982No. 81-2216PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Chief Judge.
This case of first impression requires us to decide whether a district court is ever required to stay its proceedings pending the resolution of identical proceedings in a state court.
On December 15, 1980, Ontel, a New York corporation, filed an action in the Supreme Court of Nassau County, New York, alleging that Microsoftware Computer Systems (MCS), an Illinois corporation, owed it money for goods it had delivered pursuant to a contract. The contract did not provide for arbitration of disputes, but did provide that “[t]he laws of the State of New York * * * shall govern…
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