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PARSONS & WHITTEMORE, INC. v. REDERIAKTIEBOLAGET N.

141 F.Supp. 220 (1956)

PARSONS & WHITTEMORE, Inc., Plaintiff, v. REDERIAKTIEBOLAGET NORDSTJERNAN, Defendant.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

March 22, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wachtell, Manheim & Grouf, New York City, Harold Manheim and Robert Braunschweig, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiff.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, New York City, Elmer C. Maddy, New York City, of counsel, for defendant.

HERLANDS, District Judge.

The question to be determined upon this motion for a stay of trial pending arbitration is whether or not the rate agreement sued upon and containing an arbitration provision is a "maritime transaction" or "a contract evidencing a transaction involving commerce" within the meaning of the United States Arbitration Act, Title 9 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-3. Unless the agreement is one or the other, this Court would be without jurisdiction to enforce...

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