HERCULES & CO. v. SHAMA RESTAURANT

No. 87-1212.

566 A.2d 31 (1989)

HERCULES & COMPANY, LTD., Appellant, v. SHAMA RESTAURANT CORPORATION, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided November 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Kramer, with whom Martin F. McMahon and Cynthia L. Clark were on the brief, for appellant.

Donna S. McCaffrey, with whom John B. Tieder, Jr. was on the brief, for appellee Shama Restaurant Corp.

Warrick R. Furr, II, with whom Kenneth M. Willner was on the brief, for appellees Darrell Downing Rippeteau Architects, and Darrell Downing Rippeteau.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON, and SCHWELB, Associate Judges.


SCHWELB, Associate Judge:

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THE CONTROVERSY

This case requires us to explore the "Byzantine peculiarities" of the law of appellate jurisdiction over arbitration orders, see New England Power Co. v. Asiatic Petroleum Corp., 456 F.2d 183, 189 (1st Cir. 1972), and leads us through "the wilderness in which courts sometimes find themselves when searching for solutions to problems arising under the judicial nightmare...

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