United States Third Circuit

In a dispute involving the Small Business Administration's attempts to enforce certain subscription agreements against an LLC's limited partners, orders denying motions to stay proceedings pending mandatory arbitration are affirmed where the contractual disputes at issue, each concerning an agreement without an arbitration provision, were not subject to an arbitration provision contained in a separate but related agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/18/2006
• Decided 05/10/2006
• Published 05/10/2006

Judges

• Before SLOVITER, AMBRO and MICHEL, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael D. Gottsch (Argued), M. Katherine Meermans, Chimicles & Tikellis LLP, Haverford, PA, for Appellant Peter E. Chimicles., Eric Kraeutler, G. Jeffrey Boujoukos (Argued), Catharine E. Gillespie, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Leonard and Lynne Barrack.


• For Appellees:
  
• Patrick L. Meehan, United States Attorney, Virginia A. Gibson, Assistant United States Attorney, Paul G. Shapiro (Argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, Patrick K. McCoyd, Tracey r. Seraydarian, Post & Schell, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas W. Rigby, Small Business Administration, Office of General Counsel/Litigation, Washington, DC, for Appellee United States Small Business Administration.