Legal Opinion
Tac Travel America Corp. v. World Airways, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 19, 1978No. 77 Civ. 4307PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
BRIEANT, District Judge.
Defendant World Airways, Inc. (hereinafter “World”), has moved, pursuant to 9 U.S.C. § 3, the Federal Arbitration Act, for a stay of this action pending arbitration of plaintiff’s claim. World asserts that plaintiff should be compelled to arbitrate because a contract between the parties contains an arbitration clause.
Without first demanding arbitration, plaintiff brought this diversity action to recover $750,000.00 compensatory and punitive damages for defamation.
This Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The contract in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Atkinson v. Sinclair Refining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- 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
- Interocean Shipping Company v. National Shipping and Trading Corporation and Hellenic International Shipping, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Altshul Stern & Co., Inc. v. Mitsui Bussan Kaisha, Ltd. And Mitsui & Co., Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by10 opinions
- James E. Morgan v. Smith Barney, Harris Upham & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- Sea-Land Service, Inc. v. Sea-Land of Puerto Rico, Inc.District Court, D. Puerto Rico · 1986
- Greenwood v. SherfieldMissouri Court of Appeals · 1995
- McMahon v. RMS Electronics, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1985
- Consumer Concepts, Inc. v. Mego Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1978
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