Legal Opinion
Sharon Steel Corporation v. Jewell Coal and Coke Company
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 1, 1984No. 83-5611PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GIBBONS, Circuit Judge.
Sharon Steel Corporation appeals from the denial of its petition to compel arbitration in a contractual dispute with Jewell Coal & Coke Company. The district court ruled that Sharon’s commercial impracticability claim did not constitute the sort of force majeure claim that the contract referred to arbitration. Because we hold that Sharon raised a prima facie claim of arbitrability we will reverse and remand.
I. Facts
On July 1, 1978, the parties signed an agreement under which Jewell would supply Sharon with one hundred and twenty thousand tons of coke…
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