STANDARD CO., ETC. v. ELLIOTT CONST. CO., INC.

No. 61822.

363 So.2d 671 (1978)

STANDARD COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, INC. v. ELLIOTT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., et al. ELLIOTT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, State of Louisiana, Legal Successor to the Capital Outlay Budget Board, Through the Department of Facility Planning and Control.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Prewitt, Butler, Snow, O'Mara, Stevens & Cannada, Jackson, Miss., Gordon A. Pugh and Charles W. Lamar, III, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, for Elliott Const. Co., Inc., applicant.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Warren E. Mouledoux, First Asst. Atty. Gen., Robert E. Redmann, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jay H. Kern, Staff Atty., Dept. of Justice, State of La., New Orleans, for Div. of Administration, etc., et al., defendant-respondent.


DIXON, Justice.

Two cases have been consolidated and are before us.

A general contractor filed suit under R.S. 9:4201 et seq., asking the trial court to order the State of Louisiana to arbitrate a claim for equitable adjustment on a construction contract. The Nineteenth Judicial District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge granted an order requiring the State to arbitrate the claim brought by the general contractor in suit 205,827. The trial court also...

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