United States Tenth Circuit

Under a collective bargaining agreement, a court must determine whether certain claims are subject to arbitration under the agreement before the arbitration can go forward, even if it would decide on the merits of the underlying claim.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2001
• Published 03/08/2001

Judges

• HENRY, Circuit Judge., Before HENRY and BRISCOE, Circuit Judges, and SHADUR, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• David A. Scott,Jackson, Lewis, Schnitzler, & Krupman, Dallas, TX, (J. Patrick Cremin and William D. Fisher, Hall, Estill, Hardwick, Gable, Golden, & Nelson, P.C., Tulsa, OK, on the briefs), for Defendant-Appellant., Stephen R. Hickman, Frasier, Frasier, and Hickman, Tulsa, OK, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.