LACHMAR v. TRUNKLINE LNG CO.

Cal. No. 32, Docket 84-7391.

753 F.2d 8 (1985)

LACHMAR, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRUNKLINE LNG COMPANY and Trunkline Gas Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 14, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Clark, New York City (Sullivan & Cromwell, James H. Carter, Hyman L. Schaffer and Norman Feit, New York City, on the brief) for defendants-appellants.

Richard T. Franch, Chicago, Ill. (Jenner & Block, Robert T. Markowski and Thomas J. McCarthy, Chicago, Ill., Cravath, Swaine & Moore and Douglas D. Broadwater, New York City, on the brief) for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VAN GRAAFEILAND, and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges, and MacMAHON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

The issue on this appeal is whether arbitration between the parties can proceed without the United States Maritime Administration (Marad) being joined as a party. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Owen, J.) held that it could. We agree.

In 1976, Lachmar, a corporate partnership, entered into a shipping agreement with Trunkline LNG Company (TLC) pursuant to which Lachmar agreed to transport liquefied natural...

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