Legal Opinion · Dissent
El Hoss Engineering & Transport Co., Ltd. v. American Independent Oil Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 10, 1961No. 114, Docket 26384Published
1DissentClark, Circuit Judge
The majority decision in my view is an undesirable departure from the liberal arbitration policy enunciated by this court in Robert Lawrence Co. v. Devon-shire Fabrics, Inc., 2 Cir., 271 F.2d 402, certiorari granted 362 U.S. 909, 80 S.Ct. 682, 4 L.Ed.2d 618, dismissed 364 U.S. 801, 81 S.Ct. 27, 5 L.Ed.2d 37, and by the New York courts in Petition of Uraga Dock Co., 6 A.D.2d 443, 179 N.Y.S.2d 474, affirmed 6 N.Y.2d 773, 186 N.Y.S.2d 669, 159 N.E.2d 212. The question before us is not whether arbitration is good or bad or whether a lawyer is wise in initially advising his client to sign an'…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Robert Lawrence Company, Inc. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Robert Lawrence Co. v. Devonshire Fabrics, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- In Re the Arbitration Between El Hoss Engineering & Transport Co. & American Independent Oil Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- In Re the Arbitration Between Uraga Dock Co. & Mediterranean & Oriental Steamship Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1959
- In re the Arbitration between Uraga Dock Co. & Mediterranean & Oriental Steamship Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1958