In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc. v. B. Peter Brown and David F. Riding

OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court granting Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby’s (TPFC) petition compelling arbitration and staying an action brought by Brown and Riding in the state court in California. Jurisdiction in the district court was based on diversity. The order compelling arbitration is appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Gavlik Construction Co. v. H.F. Campbell Co., 526 F.2d 777, 782 (3d Cir.1975). TPFC argues that the Enelow-Ettelson doctrine prevents our hearing an appeal from the order staying proceedings in the state…