Legal Opinion
Norfolk Southern Railway v. Sprint Communications
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 22, 2018No. 16-2107PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge:
Sprint Communications Company L.P. appeals the district court's order granting Norfolk Southern Railway Company's motion to confirm an arbitration award. Because the award is not "mutual, final, and definite" as required by the Federal Arbitration Act ("FAA"), we reverse and remand the case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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On July 1, 1987, the predecessors of Sprint and Norfolk Southern entered into a License Agreement. Under the Agreement, Norfolk Southern granted Sprint the right to use certain of Norfolk…
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