MANNING v. ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC.

No. 469, Docket 87-7799.

833 F.2d 1096 (1987)

William MANNING and Manning & Napier Advisors, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ENERGY CONVERSION DEVICES, INC. and Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Defendants-Appellants, and American Arbitration Association, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Marmer, Chicago, Ill. (Chester T. Kamin, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., David L. Hoffberg, Carolyn G. Nussbaum, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Rochester, N.Y., on the brief), for defendants-appellants.

Theodore S. Steingut, New York City (Steven A. Berger, Howard A. Wintner, Berger & Steingut, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before NEWMAN, WINTER, and MINER, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from an order compelling arbitration illustrates the difficulties facing a district judge when parties are imprecise as to both the relief sought and the grounds of their opposition. The appeal is brought by defendants-appellants Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. ("ECD") and Stanford R. Ovshinsky from an order of the District Court for the Western District of New York (Michael A. Telesca, Judge) entered on August 18, 1987, and...

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