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TENNESSEE RIVER PULP & PAPER CO. v. EICHLEAY CORP.

637 S.W.2d 853 (1982)

TENNESSEE RIVER PULP & PAPER COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EICHLEAY CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 6, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Warner, Jr., Mary V. Anderson, Dearborn & Ewing, Nashville, for defendant-appellant; David S. Watson, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, Pa., of counsel.

T.G. Pappas, Jay S. Bowen, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee; Albert A. Haller, Evanston, Ill., of counsel.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The issue to be addressed is whether a contractual provision to arbitrate future disputes is revocable at will, in accordance with Tennessee common law, or whether it is irrevocable by virtue of the U.S. Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (hereinafter the Act).

On July 13, 1977, Eichleay Corporation and Tennessee River Pulp & Paper Company, hereinafter, called Tennessee River, entered into a contract whereby...

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