B & R ASSOCIATES v. DEPENDABLE INS. CO., INC.

Nos. 87-1058, 87-1070.

835 F.2d 526 (1987)

B & R ASSOCIATES, a District of Columbia Limited Partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DEPENDABLE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, v. MERIDIAN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Third Party Defendant-Appellee, and Peter R. Taylor, Sr., Third Party Defendant. B & R ASSOCIATES, a District of Columbia Limited Partnership, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. DEPENDABLE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC., a Florida Corporation, Defendant-Appellant, v. MERIDIAN ELECTRIC CORPORATION, a Delaware Corporation, Third Party Defendant-Appellant, and Peter R. Taylor, Sr., Third Party Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Samuel Brocato (Brocato & Keelty, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Andrew Jay Graham (Kramon & Graham, P.A., Gordon C. Murray, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WIDENER, HALL, and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

B & R Associates ("B & R") appeals from an order of the district court staying proceedings in a contract action while compelling arbitration of all claims arising out of a contract between B & R and Meridian Electric Corporation ("Meridian"). B & R brought its initial complaint against Dependable Insurance ("Dependable"), as surety, for breach of a performance bond and labor and material bond, which the surety wrote with Meridian...

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