McDermott International, Inc. v. Underwriters at Lloyds Subscribing to Memorandum of Insurance No. 104207

BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

The determinative starting point for this appeal by McDermott International, Inc., is whether the district court orders compelling arbitration of McDermott’s dispute with certain Underwriters at Lloyds and staying litigation pending arbitration are interlocutory, not final. Because we hold that they are the former, and because § 16 of the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq., prohibits appeal from such orders, we DISMISS for lack of jurisdiction. Like wise, we DENY the alternative application for a writ of mandamus.

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McDermott, a Panamanian corporation…