Bunker Hill Park Ltd. v. U.S. Bank National Ass'n

Opinion

COLLINS, J.

Plaintiff Bunker Hill Park Limited (Bunker Hill) filed a petition to compel arbitration with its tenant, defendant U.S. Bank National Association (U.S. Bank), to resolve the parties’ disagreement over whether subleases automatically terminate if the underlying lease between Bunker Hill and U.S. Bank terminates. The trial court denied the petition on the grounds that the parties’ disagreement had not ripened into a justiciable controversy meriting declaratory relief. Bunker Hill timely appealed. For the reasons stated below, we reverse and remand with directions to grant the…