Evangelistic Outreach Center v. General Steel Corp.

LEVINSON, Judge.

Defendant appeals from an order denying its motion to compel arbitration, to stay proceedings pending arbitration, and to dismiss plaintiffs lawsuit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affiren.

Defendant, General Steel Corporation, is a Colorado company that sells prefabricated steel buildings. Plaintiff, Evangelistic Outreach Center, is a religious institution organized as a North Carolina non-profit corporation. In June 2004, plaintiff signed an agreement to buy a building from defendant. Thereafter, a dispute arose regarding the amount that plaintiff owed for the…