Halliburton Energy Servs., Inc. v. Ironshore Specialty Ins. Co.

HON. KEITH P. ELLISON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This is an action for breach of an insurance contract. The parties dispute whether there is an arbitration clause that prohibits the Court from considering this case until threshold questions are resolved through arbitration. Defendant has also filed a motion to dismiss on grounds of personal jurisdiction and venue but requests that the Court first address the arbitration question. Plaintiff argues that none of these issues is arbitrable.

I. BACKGROUND

In November 2012, Plaintiff Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. ("HESI") and non-party Statoil…