Legal Opinion

United Communications Hub, Inc. v. Qwest Communications, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 23, 2002No. 01-56742; D.C. No. CV-01-04371-ABCPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM*

Qwest Communications, Inc. (Qwest) appeals the district court’s denial of Qwest’s motion to compel arbitration and its grant of United Communications Hub, Inc.’s (UCHub’s) motion for a preliminary injunction and stay of arbitration. The district court concluded that Qwest’s allegations against UCHub did not relate to invoices or balances, subjects requiring arbitration under the parties’ Wholesale Services Agreement (Agreement). Because we conclude that nine of Qwest’s allegations do relate to invoices or balances and must therefore be arbitrated, we reverse.

We review the district…

2Cases cited5 opinions

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