Lewis v. Haskell Co., Inc.

OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This lawsuit is before the court again, this time on the issue of whether a party which has received an arbitration award in its favor is also entitled to a court order giving it “post-award, pre-judgment interest,” that is, interest that has accrued between the date of the arbitration award and the date of the court judgment confirming the award.

I

The plaintiffs, Gilmore & Sons, Inc. (G & S) and three of its employees (Eddie Lewis, Larry Lewis, and Maurice Mims, who are African-Americans), charged the defendants, Haskell Company, Inc. (HCo.) and one of…