SANTOS v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO.

No. 87-2171.

866 F.2d 892 (1989)

Lawrence E. SANTOS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN BROADCASTING COMPANY, ABC Television, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Rassel, James E. Stewart (argued), Leonard M. Niehoff, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

Raymond E. Scott, William H. Honaker, Dennis A. Dettmer (argued), Jon R. Macdonald, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MERRITT and GUY, Circuit Judges; and JOHNSTONE, District Judge.


RALPH B. GUY, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Defendants, American Broadcasting Company and ABC Television, Inc. (ABC), appeal from the denial of their motion for a stay of proceeding and order for arbitration. The only issue presented by this appeal is whether the plaintiff, Lawrence Santos, should be allowed to proceed with his district court action in a suit involving a dispute over a contract when the contract requires the parties to arbitrate such dispute. The district court...

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