United States Seventh Circuit

The district court's decision that judicial proceedings should proceed parallel to arbitral proceedings regarding the same issue is reversed where the district court improperly construed the arbitration agreement too narrowly and the entire controversy should have been submitted to arbitration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2004
• Published 08/27/2004

Judges

• DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and DIANE P. WOOD and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Jeffrey D. Claflin (argued), Brian C. Crist, Plews, Shadley, Racher & Braun, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendant-Appellee., Brian E. Mahoney (argued), Cohn & Baughman, Alfred L. Buchanan (argued), Fedota, Childers & May, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.