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CENTRAL CONTRACTING CO. v. MARYLAND CASUALTY CO.

No. 15487.

367 F.2d 341 (1966)

CENTRAL CONTRACTING COMPANY, a Corporation, and Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh, to the Use and Benefit of Central Contracting Company, a Corporation, Appellants, v. MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY, a Corporation.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided October 6, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bresci R. P. Leonard, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Royston, Robb, Leonard, Edgecombe & Miller, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

John A. Metz, Jr., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Metz, Cook, Hanna & Kelly, A. Leonard Balter, Rubin & Balter, Pittsburgh, Pa., David Morgulas, M. Carl Levine, Morgulas & Foreman, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, GANEY and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FREEDMAN, Circuit Judge.

The question presented to us is whether a federal court in a Pennsylvania diversity action should decline to exercise jurisdiction because of the contractual provisions limiting the forum in which relief can be sought.

Plaintiff, Central Contracting Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, was employed as a painting subcontractor on the North View Heights Housing

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