Legal Opinion
Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Co. v. Louis C. Duncan
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 11, 1983No. 82-2681PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The issue in this case is whether this court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal from an interlocutory order denying a motion to compel arbitration. We hold that it does not.
Ohio-Sealy Mattress Manufacturing Company (Ohio-Sealy) filed this action in 1979 against Sealy, Inc. alleging that Sealy’s attempts to prevent Ohio-Sealy from expanding its West Coast business violated federal antitrust laws and the parties’ license agreement. Ohio-Sealy then filed a motion to compel arbitration of the contractual claims. Two months later Ohio-Sealy renewed this motion. The matter was…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Will v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Carson v. American Brands, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Enelow v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Switzerland Cheese Assn., Inc. v. E. Horne's Market, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- Matterhorn, Inc. v. Ncr CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers, Afl-Cio v. Aloha Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
- King v. GibbsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- BKCAP, LLC v. CAPTEC Franchise Trust 2000-1Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
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