McDONNELL DOUGLAS FINANCE CORP. v. PA. POWER & LIGHT CO.

Nos. 366, 369, 370, Dockets 87-7606, 87-7608, 87-7610.

849 F.2d 761 (1988)

McDONNELL DOUGLAS FINANCE CORPORATION, Peoples Security Life Insurance Company, Commonwealth Life Insurance Company and National Standard Life Insurance Company, GEICO Corporation, Government Employees Insurance Company and Criterion Insurance Company, CNA Assurance Company of Connecticut, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PENNSYLVANIA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter C. Williams, New York City (Louis H. Willenken, Philip R. Brown, Reid & Priest, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Pennsylvania Power & Light Co.

Rory O. Millson, New York City (Anne M. Coughlin, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees McDonnell Douglas Finance Corp., Peoples Security Life Ins. Co., Com. Life Ins. Co., Nat. Standard Life Ins. Co., GEICO Corp., Government Employees Ins. Co. and Criterion Ins. Co.

David S. Acker, Chicago, Ill. (Thomas R. Bearrows, Winston & Strawn, David S. Patterson, Breed, Abbott & Morgan, Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee CNA Assur. Co. of Conn.

Before KAUFMAN, MESKILL and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.


MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Conner, J., denying the motion of defendant-appellant Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. (PP & L) for a stay of proceedings pending compelled arbitration. We must first decide whether, in light of the Supreme Court's recent decision overruling the so-called Enelow-Ettelson doctrine, see Gulfstream Aerospace...

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