WILSON WEAR, INC. v. UNITED MERCHANTS & MFRS., INC.

No. 83-1206.

713 F.2d 324 (1983)

WILSON WEAR, INC., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS, INC., a corporation and United Merchants and Manufacturers, Inc., d/b/a Old Fort Finishing Plant, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Aronson, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael K. Brandwein, Aaron, Schimberg, Hess, Rusnak, Deutsch, & Gilbert, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, Senior District Judge.


HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal from an order directing arbitration raises two issues relating to the United States Arbitration Act of 1925, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1-14. First, whether an order granting a stay of judicial proceedings pending arbitration in response to a 9 U.S.C. § 3 motion is appealable provided that the underlying cause of action is legal, as opposed to equitable, in nature. Second, whether the district court correctly granted...

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